This is an analysis of the poem The Orange-Peel In The Gutter that begins with:

BEHOLD, unto myself I said,
This place how dull and desolate,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbaacdeeaabdddffgghhXdiehhfffjjgghhbbkkabffeekkbbeeellbbmmmmccddnnnddbbhhmmm fffeiXXfffgXgeebbmmaammddddeeaaaaeemmaaggeinn mmeeeebbddllaaXjhhddkk eeffbXddffcccaabbaaeinnooiippmmffddabeiXmccXfqqeeXggddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 78,45,22,55,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101111 01111100 11011110 01110101 01011101 11110001 11110101 110100101 11011011 11010101 11111101 11100111 11010101 100101001 11010101 01110101 11011111 01111111 01010111 01110111 11110111 01010111 110101010 01010101 11011110 11110111 10010101 01010001 10011111 01010101 01000101 11111101 11010111 01110111 11010111 110111011 101010111 01110111 01010101 110011101 01110111 01010101 01110011 01111101 11010101 11011101 01010011 01010111 10010101 01110101 11010111 11011101 01000111 01000101 11011101 10010111 01110101 01011101 1101011 01010111 11110111 10110101 11010101 01010101 10111111 01010001 11010101 11011101 10010001 100110101 1101111 10010111 11010111 11011101 01010101 10010111 11011101 11011101 11011111 11110111 11010101 11110111 111101000 111111110 111111110 11110101 01010101 10110111 01010011 11010111 111011101 11010101 11010111 01010101 01011101 01011101 010111011 01010111 11000101 010010111 1100111001 01110101 10010001 11000101 10111111 11010111 01110101 01010101 11111111 11010111 11000111 11110101 01011111 11110111 01010101 01011101 01010101 10010101 01010111 11001101 01011100 11110111 011010101 10010101 10111101 10110101 01011101 01010101 01100101 01011111 01010101 01110101 110110101 11010001 11100011 11110111 11010111 11010111 11111001 10010101 01011111 01111111 11010101 11010101 01110101 01011111 01010101 01010101 11010111 11010101 111000110 010101001 01010111 01011111 01011111 10011011 11110111 11110101 11110101 01010101 01110101 01000101 10010111 11111101 01110111 01101100 010101001 100110101 01010101 01011101 10010100 01010100 11110101 01001111 01010111 11111011 11100001 01011001 11010101 01010101 01101111 11111100 10010101 01011100 11011101 0100100111 11110111 111100111 11111111 110010101 101101001 11000111 10010111 10010111 0100110 01111111 10010101 01110101 10011101 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1790
  • Average number of words per stanza: 328
  • Amount of lines: 200
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; no, to, and, of, like, in, on, her, slowly, it, so are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, for, no, and, with, to, the, like, time, of, she, her, slowly, from, revealed, as are repeated.

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

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