This is an analysis of the poem The Logicians Refuted that begins with:

IN IMITATION OF DEAN SWIFT
LOGICIANS have but ill defin'd... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbccXdccXeccffbbeXaaggbbaahhddXihhjXXjiikkccjjaaXjlljjaamm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,58,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010011 10011101 11000101 10110101 11010011 110101100 11000010 110101010 010101010 100110100 1111110100 11010001 11110111 110101010 010111010 11000101 11010101 111111010 101100100 11011101 11010101 1101011100 1101011100 101110101 11010111 11111111 11101111 11000101 01110101 11010001 11010101 11010101 110101111 10010111 01110101 1101001010 11101100 11010100 11010101 101010101 11110111 01000101 11010101 111101110 110001010 110101100 0100101010 01110101 01010001 111100100 1001000100 11000101 10011101 100111010 110101010 11010111 11011111 11011111 01011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1005
  • Average number of words per stanza: 176
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; that, and, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nor, no are repeated.

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