This is an analysis of the poem Twelve O'Clock that begins with:

Mother, I do want to leave off my lessons now. I have been at my
book all the morning....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbcbXXaXcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10111011110111011 11010 110010101010001010 1110100101100101 01 11100010110111010 1111011010010011 010101001 111111111011110 101001011010001110 1 0101110011101 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 627
  • Average number of words per stanza: 122
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.

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