This is an analysis of the poem Old Cambridge that begins with:
AND can it be you've found a place
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aababcccB ddbdbeeeb ffbfbgggB aababXggb hXbhbbbbb ccbcbbbbB iibibjjjB kkbkbcccb ggbgbjjjb XgbgbkXkb jjbjbhhhb bbbbbgggbXffbfbcccb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,19,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001101 01010101 111101 11011101 100101 11111001 11000111 11110111 111101 10010111 10111111 110001 11110111 111101 11010111 01010101 01011101 111111 11111111 110010101 110101 11110111 011101 11001111 11011101 110100110 111101 11110101 11000101 010101 010101001 110001 010100100 01111101 01010101 111111 11010111 111101000 110001 11111111 010101 11011101 11010111 01001111 111101 010101111 11010101 100101 11110111 110111 11110101 11110001 11011101 111101 01110101 11011111 010111 01010111 01101 11011101 11011101 11010111 111101 11010100 11010101 110111 1101111 100101 111100101 01110101 10110101 110111 11010101 11110101 110101 11010101 0100101 11011101 10110111 11010101 111101 110100100 110100001 110101 01010101 010111 11011110 11011100 11011101 011111 11011101 11111101 1100001 1101011 010101 01011101 01110101 01010101 111111 11011101 11111101 110111 111100111 011111 11110101 11010001 11110101 110101 11110101 01111111 011111 10010001 110111 11010101 11110101 11010001 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 292
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 117
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; who, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, to, the are repeated.
The author used the same words and, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word know at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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