This is an analysis of the poem Mutatis Mutandis that begins with:

The Fool
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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbbbcddcefcefc X g bbbbhbbXbijbij X e bccXcXfcjajjaX X h bbXbbiibbijbij k l XaabjbbjXbbXeb k l biiblfflcXicgi X i affaciXcjcmjcm X c bjXbbiibcccccX X e bnnXaccaflcflc e m bbbbXXlXiaciac k a iccibccbcjcXjc X a iaaioccoccfccf X h bjjXddddiiXiXf X e liilfi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,1,14,1,1,14,1,1,14,1,1,14,1,1,14,1,1,14,1,1,14,1,1,14,1,1,14,1,1,14,1,1,14,1,1,14,1,1,14,1,1,14,1,1,14,1,1,14,1,1,14,1,1,14,1,1,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01 10011101110 11010111010 11011101110 1101011110 00111111010 10011101010 11110100010 10011101010 01011101110 00110111010 111101001010 01111111010 01111101110 11010111110 1 010 10011101110 11010101010 11110111010 01010101110 111101010010 11001110110 110101101110 110011101110 11011101010 11011011010 11111111010 1110110110 01110111110 11010111010 1 10 10011101110 11010111010 01111101010 1101010110110 10110111010 10110011000 10010010010 110101110010 01110101010 01110100110 11011001110 11011111010 11010111010 11111101100 1 01 10011101110 11110101010 110000101110 01000110110 11011011010 010111001010 01110101110 110101010010 01011111010 11011111010 10010110010 11011111110 01011101010 01010011010 1 0100 10011101110 11011101010 10011101110 010001110110 11011111110 11010111010 11110011110 11001111010 11110110010 11010111010 010111010110 110011011000 11100011110 11110101110 1 1100 10011111010 11011100010 11110111010 01011000010 11010111110 11111101010 10011001110 10011100110 11010101010 10110101010 11011101110 01001101110 11011101010 01010101110 1 0010 10011101110 11010101110 11011101010 01010111110 01011001010 11100101110 11011111010 11010101010 11111101010 10110011010 11010011010 00111101110 110010110010 011110100010 1 10 10011101110 11011101110 11010111010 10111101010 01010101010 01010101110 11110101010 010010011110 11110111010 111111001010 01011101010 01010111010 01110101110 1101010111100 1 01 10011101110 11110101010 110111111010 11110101010 11110110010 11010111010 11011101110 11011101010 01010100110 10110101110 11111001110 11011111010 11001111010 110111010010 1 010 10011101110 11010101010 01110001110 01010001010 0111010011 01010101100 11010111010 11111111010 11010011010 1001111101100 01011101010 11110001110 1101011010100 11010111010 1 0100 10011111010 11011001110 11111101010 01010101010 11010010110 11110101010 11000101010 01011100010 11011101010 111101010010 010111010010 11010111010 1100100111110 111101001010 1 1101 10011101110 01111110010 01011111010 11011101010 11011101010 110111010010 10011101010 100101100010 11010110110 11010111110 11110111110 11010111110 100101010010 00111101010 1 011 10011101110 110111110110 11110111010 10111001010 11010101010 10011100110 01010100110 10110101110 01110111010 010110011010 01110111110 11011111010 11010101100 011111010010 1 01 10011101110 11111111110 11110111010 01010001010 10011101110 11011110010 10000111110 10011111010 11011101010 110101000010 100011101010 11011111111 11111011111 01111111110 1 01 10011101110 11010101010 11011111010 110011111110 101111001010 11001101110 10010001110 11011101110 11100111110 111011110010 01110101011 11011101010 111001101010 01010101110 1 01 10011101110 110111101010 1101101101010 0111011110 11011011011100 10011001110 111100101010 1101011010100 11010101010 0100110011 11100101110 01011101010 01010100010 11110111110 1 01 10011100010 11110101010 11111011010 111111010010 10011101110 11011101110 01010111010 11010111110 11111100010 01111101010 1000101001110 111100100010 010101010010 11110101010 1 01 10010101010 11010100010 01110101010 11010101010 11011101010 01110001010 101010101110 11011101110 01110100110 1100100001010 10010101110 11010100010 10111000110 01010111110 1 010 10011111010 11010100010 110011101010 10111101010 1101101100 11010101100 11111111110 11010100010 01011010010 11111100010 01010100011 01111111010 10010101010 11010101011 1 010 10011101110 11010111010 10100101010 100111001010 10010101010 01010111110 11110111010 01110101010 11011101010 10010111010 100100001010 10010101010 101100011110 01010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 59
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 319
  • 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; of, and, to, she, in, all, her, he, cabbage, for, goose, as, his, him, it are repeated.

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

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

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