This is an analysis of the poem Fit The Fifth ( Hunting Of The Snark ) that begins with:

The Beaver's Lesson
They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc adad efef Xghg ijij gbib ekek eXef XfkX bebe lklk XXll hbhX llll keie kkkk gmgm aeae adXX gdad eaea bebX blbl mcmX gege flfl ealX nanaXljlj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010 11001011001 10100111 1100100111 1100111 10100110101 110010110 11101100011 010110010 101011001001 011001011 11001101101 001101001 1111100101100 101001001 111001110101 101011011 101011011001 1010110110 11001001011 110110010 101111101001 111111011 01011001001 11001011 11001111101 11011001 01101001001 01011101 10010010011001 01111011000 10010111011001 1011011001 1001001011110 101111011 101001001001 0101100100 01011001001 01001001 101011110001 101101001 01101011001 011101011 101011101011 11001001 10100101110100 0110110110 101001101000 011011001 11101001010101 01101111 01101111011 0110101000 0101100001 11001001 11101011011 11001001 101101011001 111001011 101101001001 101011101 1001100101001 00101001 111011111011 111001011 101101001111 11101101 101101101010 01011001 11001111001 111011011 011101111101 11101001 1011011111110 0100101100 101101101111 01001001000 00101101001 0101100100 1110010011010 11110100100 1001001001001 1010010010 010010010001 0010010010 1001101011101 01001101 101001001101 101101101 101011011001 11011011 11011011001 11001001 101001111001 101001011 11011001001 00100100100 01011011111 111101011 111001001001 101001001 101001001001 11001011 011011011111 111001000 101101101001 1010010010 1101011101001 11110100100 11101011001 11001001 01011011101 111011001 111001111001 10010100010 01001001011 1010110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 30
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 120
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, they, it, and, that, to, i, but, in, you, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, and, it, the, you are repeated.

    The author used the same words 'tis, the, in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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