This is an analysis of the poem The Hunting Of The Snark that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cdcd efeX egeg eded hfhf gigi ajaj gkgk lXXX cgXX XhmX dcdc acac hXXe chch ncnc hgXg lili amam dada omom llll cj gege lclc gglg ehaX amnm pfXf gagX baaa agfX fnfn cjcj Xggg eheX gfgf nefX aiai llll anan gaga ajaj klkl cm eeee hmXm knfn XaXX ghiX cXcm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101 010 1011010101 11100101 01011101001 101001001 10110111101 101101001 10110111101 11111101 01101001001 01001011 01001001101 101001011 0101011101 101111101 101001101001 101011001 111001011101 111101001 111001011001 11001011 111111101001 101111001 001001101011 101111101 111011011001 001101011 11101001001 101101101 01001101001 111011111 01101101001 111001001 111001101011 111111011 011111111010 101001101 111101011001 11100101 010011111 101001010 110010010111 101011001 101000111101 001111001 111001001011 011001001 111101101001 101101011 11101011111 101011011 1110110011111 101000001 01001101001 111101001 1111010111101 001001111 11101011001 101101001 111011001011 111111001 111101001001 111011011 11101111001 11101001 01011001001 01001001 111001001001 101111001 01001101010 01001011 101001111001 001111101 101011101001 101011111 111111001101 101001011 01011111001 01011011 101001011001 01011001 0010010110110 11001111 110010010110 11011001 11101011001 01001011 01011001001 101101001 1010 0101 01001111001 101011111 101001111111 01011001 111011101001 01011001 101011111000 01111101 1000100111010 101101001 101011101101 111001001 101111011011 111111001 101101111101 00111011 011011111011 101011011 110110110010 11101001 111011101011 001001001 1111010110110 111101101 101011001001 01101001 11001001001 1010010110 1010010010010 101001101 111111101111 101111011 101011111011 011010011 111101011001 10100111 01001111001 101001001 11111101001 101111011 11111001001 11011101 111111111011 111101001 11011001111 1010010010 111001111111 1111010010 111101111101 11001111 11011111011 111011001 111101111101 101001101 101101111001 11101011 11011111101 01101001 11111100011 01001001 111001001001 101011011 101101011001 001000101 11001011101 101011111 101001011011 11101001 11001001001 111001011 001101101001 101111101 11001011001 101001001 101111001001 01001001 11001001001 001111001 01001111011 11111011 111101111001 111011001 1110101011001 101011001 101 0101 11101011101 11101011 11101101001 11110001 111111111001 011011001 101011011001 101001001 111001101101 101001101 101111101001 01100001 110110010111 111101001 101011111001 1110001010 11101101001 101011001 001111101011 01101001 111001101111 011111111 11111001001 111001001 101011111001 1111001101 101111111001 101011001 1111001011001 11100111 11100100111 1110011111 10100100101 001001001 101001111101 101001101 111101001001 011001011 101011001001 11001010 100000101011 111011011 111011011101 101001001 10000011111100 01001001 101001111011 000000111 1010011001101 001001001 11001011001 111011001 101011001011 001000111 111011001001 1010110100 101 010 01011011001 11011001 001001001001 001101101 111011111101 011001001 11011101001 11101001 101001001001 1111010100 10111101001 101101101 11110101101 11101111 10100100101 1100111 11001011001 11001011 111001101011 1100111 1010010101011 111011001 11111001011 101101001 11011101001 1111110010 101011111101 1110010010 11001001001 00100111 0100100111 0100111 10100101011 01001011 11111111111 101101001 11001110001 101001011 111001001111 01101101 101001011111 11011011 01001101011 11011001 011010010001 11001101 101011101101 11000001 101001001001 11001001 010010011010 101101001 01001001001 01001001 10101001001 11001001 101011011011 01011101 111001011001 101001111 100111001011 1110010100 101010001001 111011010 01011010001 11001011 11001011011 111001011 101101001111 01001001 111001011001 111111101 101 01010 11001011001 10100111 1100100111 1100111 10100110101 110010110 11101100011 010110010 101011001001 011001011 11001101101 001101001 11111001011 101001001 111001110101 101011011 101011011001 1010110110 11001001011 110110010 101111101001 111111011 01011001001 11001011 11001111101 11011001 01101001001 01011101 101001011001 011110110 101011111001 111011001 101001011110 101111011 101001001001 010110010 01011001001 01001001 101011110001 101101001 01101011001 011101011 101011101011 11001001 110010111010 01111011 101001101000 011011001 111010101011 01101111 01101111011 011010100 0101100001 11001001 11101011011 11001001 101101011001 111001011 101101001001 101011101 101100101001 00101001 111011111011 111001011 101101001111 11101101 101101101010 01011001 11001111001 111011011 011101111101 11101001 111011111110 0100101100 101101101111 0100100100 00101101001 0101100100 1110010011010 11110100100 101001001001 1010010010 010010010001 0010010010 101101011101 01001101 101001001101 101101101 101011011001 11011011 11011011001 11001001 11001111001 101001011 11011001001 0010010010 01011011111 111101011 111001001001 101001001 101001001001 11001011 011011011111 111001000 101101101001 1010010010 111011101001 1111010010 11101011001 11001001 01011011101 111011001 111001111001 10010100010 01001001011 1010110110 101 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 11111011010110 11001011 111111011001 11101001 101001001101 0110110010 101001001001 0110110100 11001010101 101111001 111010001001 101011101 111011011110 101011001 101001001001 11001101 101111011101 101101001 11011101011 101001011 101011101001 1011110001 111001101101 101011011 101101011101 011001001 101011001011 11001001 101011001101 11001001 101001111011 101001101 100011101001 11001101 01011101111 101111001 111100011001 101001001 101011101001 101101110 011011010010 101101001 1010010011010 11001001 101001101001 011001011 111001001001 101011101 1010 0101 11001011001 10100111 1100100111 1100111 1010010001011 0110110001 11001111011 001001001 11111001011 01001011 11101011001 111011001 11010111001 111011011 101001001001 11101001 0111111101 11001001 11111111011 11011001 01001101001 11111101 1010011011110 11001101 111001111011 011001110 111101101011 01001001 001001100111 11001101 101010001001 101111001 111001101101 1100101 11101000100100 111001001 1110010010110 01001001 111101101001 111101011 101 0100 11001011001 10100111 1100100111 1100111 1100110111 101001011 11001101001 10111101 10100100101 101011101 101001101001 11100101 11001101001 111101001 110111011001 101001001 01101111001 001111011 1011010100010 111011001 101101111011 111110001 11001001011 1010011011 11011011001 01011001 110111101001 011001111 11011011111 101011011 11111111101 101011001 001001111001 001001011 111011001001 101101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 149
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 587
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; his, he, ', with, that, such, and, to, but, they, have, we, you, him, roused, may, it, my, this, i, seek, of, by, in, had, then are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, he, the, such, and, that, they, to, you, it, then, in are repeated.

    The author used the same words 'just, there, he, but, 'we, 'the, 'it, 'for, ''tis, the, they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ' connects the lines.

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