This is an analysis of the poem The Fortune-Teller, A Gypsy Tale that begins with:
LUBIN and KATE, as gossips tell,
Were Lovers many a day;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccdd cecbebff bgbghbhbgf cXggii jjkkcggcgg adadbb didiiiddacca icicddigig jjllddffbb jXlmlm jjjXbjXXiiffjjmmjjmmbk ddXclclc ggiibdbdgg ccggjX jXjmiiiidddX bXbbbXjj ccccggXcdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,10,6,10,6,12,10,10,6,22,8,10,6,12,8,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10111101 0101001 10010111 110101 01010101 11011101 01001101 01010101 11011101 101101 11010111 1111 11110101 111101 110111010 110111110 10110101 01010111 110010101 01110101 111101010 11010101 110101010 11011101 111101010 011111110 10110101 11010110 11010101 11110001 10010111 01010101 10011101 11010101 110001010 1111011010 11010101 11010111 110010101 10110101 01010101 01011101 11110101 111111 11110101 111101 11010101 01010001 10111001 11010101 11111111 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 00111101 11110101 10010101 01010101 010101 11010101 11110001 11011101 110111 11111101 01111011 01111101 11110101 11110011 11111101 110101001 01010101 11110101 01100101 110100111 11111001 11010011 10001001 11011101 0101010101 01010101 01010110 11110111 01011111 01010111 0111 10011111 11110110 11011001 100101010 10110100 1010001010 100110100 1010101110 01000101 10111111 111100111 1010100101 1011101101 11010101 01110101 01010101 11011111 01010101 10010101 11110101 11110101 01010100 10011111 01010001 010101110 01010101 01110101 11010101 01010101 100101 111100101 11010101 10110101 01000101 11010101 10110101 11010101 110010101 11111101 10010101 11010101 01010111 11000111 11000101 010101110 1010111011100 1010110101 10101010 01110111 110111 101010111 1011101 101000101 101010101 101010101 101010111 101010101 10101110100 1010111110 1010101 101010101 100101101 101110101 10101011100 1001100101 110100101 11100101 11010101 01010101 11010101 11110101 101011101 11010101 110111 11010101 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 322
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 162
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, and, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, his, that, you, who are repeated.
The author used the same words stephen, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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