This is an analysis of the poem Albert And His Savings that begins with:

One day, little Albert Ramsbottom
To see 'ow much money 'e'd got...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa Xbbb cdXX XeXX befX ghXX XeXX XXaX adXd XaXa gaba Xbeb Xefe XbXb chXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010100 01111011 1010110111 11011101 0010001110 111101101 010110010 11101001 010010010 11101101 11101110100 10100100110 101100111100 1101100001 10101111100 1101010010 1110010110 111001011 0101110111 111110010 1101011110 11011101 111011011000 1100101010 101100101100 110011011 0110010110 0110010110 1110001010 111010010 1110110110 11101001 111010110 11111111 011110010 11101111 111110011 011101011 101001011 101101101 1110011010 11001011 111110110 11101111 010110110 11101101 111110010 111011011 1011010111 001001111 111110010 01100110 110111110 11110001 1110110011 001101011 1010010010 11001101 11011011 00101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, every, to are repeated.

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

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