This is an analysis of the poem Wayward Progeny Of A Lewd Whore that begins with:
Wayward progeny of a lewd whore,
What teaching will bring you to your senses? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABXXAB XbXcAB XdXcAB XdXAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101000011 1100110110 11011010101010 111111010110 101000011 1100110110 1101110010010 1100110010 101100111 111011010100 101000011 1100110110 1101011010 11111010001 1100110010010 1010011001000100 101000011 1100110110 01010101011001100010110100110 110101110101 1001101010 101000011 1100110110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word senses at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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