This is an analysis of the poem A Simile that begins with:
Dear Thomas, didst thou never pop
Thy head into a tin-man's shop?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbaa ccdd cccceeff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 11000111 11011101 1111010 01010101 01010101 01110111 10010101 10011001 01010111 111111110 110111010 11001101 11010101 01011101 11111101 11001101 11011101 11111011 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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