This is an analysis of the poem Signior Dildo that begins with:

You ladies of merry England
Who have been to kiss the Duchess's hand,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabX ccbX ddbX ddbX XdbX eebX ffbX gghX aabX iibX jjbX eebX ffbX kkbX llXX XlbX mmbX ddXX eebX jjbX nnbX jjhX mmbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001010 110010101 10111001001 01001011010 0101100101 1101001001 11111101101 1111111010 10100101101 11111001101 11001011011 111010101010 111111111001 01101001101 111010001001 1111101010 11010101001 11101011101 101001011011 1100111010 0010101011 11011011001 101011101001 10011011010 01001001101 01011001011 1110101011 11001001010 101001001001 01011001011 11011101010 1101011010 01001001010 11011101011 111011011101 001111011010 11011001101 01101101001 01001011011 001011001010 010001011111 0101001001 111101001011 101001011010 01010011101 11001010101 11011001011 11001001010 11011011011 01001011011 101011001001 11101001010 110110001011 111010001001 01101011101 11101011010 11001011001 11001001011 001111001010 0101101010 001011001001 111110010101 10100111111 11001101010 11001110110 1010010011110 1011001001 11001010110 11001001111 110001001101 1110101010 1101101010 0100111011 1101101011 101011001011 111011001010 11011001101 0101101011 1101101011 111111001010 01001101001 11001001001 01001001001 11000111010 1101011001 10101111011 01001010010 1110111010 001010100010 011010110010 1111101001 1011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 92
  • 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; of, her, his, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, the 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.

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

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