This is an analysis of the poem Fit The Second ( Hunting Of The Snark ) that begins with:
The Bellman's Speech
The Bellman himself they all praised to the skies--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbcdede bXdb cXfX fghg XiXi bfbX Xfff fbiX ihih eaea Xbbb cXcX bibi hciX fjfj dddd fhfh bfbf fafa kdkd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101 01001111001 101011111 101001111111 01011001 111011101001 01011001 101011111000 01111101 10000100111010 10110100100 101011101101 1011001001 1001111011011 1111110010 1011011011101 001110110 011011111011 101011011 110110110010 11101001 111011101011 001001001 111100101101100 111101101 101011001001 01101001 11001001001 101001011000 1010010010010 101001101 111111101111 101111011 101011111011 011010011 111101011001 10100111 01001111001 101001001 11111101001 101111011 11111001001 11011101 111111111011 111101001 1010110011110 1010010010 111001111111 1111010010 111101111101 11001111 11011111011 111011001 111101111101 101001101 101101111001 11101011 101011111101 01101001 11111100011 01001001 1011001001001 10111011 101101011001 001000101 101001011101 101011111 101001011011 11101001 11001001001 111001011 001101101001 101111101 11001011001 101001001 101111001001 01001001 11001001001 001111001 01001111011 01111011 1011101111001 111011001 1110101011001 101011001
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 85
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; such, and, to, he, but, they, we, have, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, such, and, that are repeated.
The author used the same words the, but, we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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