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

The Barrister's Dream
They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababcdcd efXf ghgh ecec ihih Xeje ahaX eheh Xkkk ahah hlhl hfhf eheh XXhh ejej heXeXhala
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01001 11001011001 10100111 1100100111 1100111 101001001001 101011011 101101101011 101011111 11111001001 101001001 101111101001 101010001 01001011011 101101011 101101001001 001101001 001011001001 101101110 1110110011011 101101011 01011101001 101001011 111111111001 11101011 10111101101011000 11001011 111111011001 11101001 1001001001101 0110110010 101001001001 0110110100 11001010101 101111001 11101001001 101011101 10110110111100 101011001 101001001001 11001101 101111011101 101101001 11011101011 101001011 101011101001 1011110001 111001101101 101011011 101101011101 011001001 10101100001011 11001001 101011001101 11001001 101001111011 101001101 100001100101001 1010011010 01011101111 101111001 111100011001 101001001 101011101001 101101110 011011010010 101101001 1010010011100 11001001 101001101001 011001011 111001001001 101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • 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; with, they, it, in, had, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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