This is an analysis of the poem The Organ-Blower that begins with:

DEVOUTEST of my Sunday friends,
The patient Organ-blower bends;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbXa ccaaddaa bbaaccbb eeaaaaff gghhiiff eebbffaa jjiiXgggXaabbiiaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001111 01010101 11010111 0111011001 01010111 01010101 110010110 110011101 11110101 01011101 11010101 11011101 01100101 01010001 11010101 01010101 11000101 11111101 01110101 11010101 11010101 11010111 01011101 01110011 11010111 01010101 110101111 110010101 11111111 0100101001 01100101 110100101 01000101 01011111 110100101 01010101 11111101 11010101 11010111 01100101 11010111 11110011 1100110001 11010101 110101001 110100101 0101010010 01110101 11010111 10010101 11110111 11011111 11010110 01011111 11010101 11010101 01010001 11010101 11011101 11110111 11010111 01011111 11110101 01011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 355
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; he is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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