Ye Carpette Knyghte by Lewis Carroll: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Ye Carpette Knyghte that begins with:

I have a horse - a ryghte good horse -
Ne doe Y envye those... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababab XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 111111 1111111 110111 11110101 110101 110101011 110010100 1111110100 110111 11010101 10111 11010101 111111 11011111 111110 11110101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word yt is repeated.

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

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

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