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

You shall not be overbold
When you deal with arctic cold,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaabbbbccddeeffggaaaa hXiiddXXeX ddddaajjii kkiiXXllldXbbiikkefbbX ffeeiiffffbbaX ddeeaammhhdXhhiiaaaajXlliX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,10,10,22,14,26,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100 1110101 11111111 11000111 11111101 11010101 11111101 11111001 10111001001 111011111 11011101 011111001 10111111 100100101 11011101 110101001 10011111 010010101 01110101 01111111 01010101 01110101 101011110 1110101100 11010111 11010101 1100101 10111101 10011101 11011100 100110110 110101110 01011101 11011001 11110101 01010001 11010101 11011111 11011101 10101101 11000101 11010001 11010011 10010111 01010111 10110101 100111100 110111010 11111111 01111101 10111101 110101101 11011110 11111111 10111111 11110111 01111001 11010101 01011101 11110101 01001100 0111101 10010111 0010100 100010100 11010101 01111101 00111101 11001111001 1110100101 11111101 010011101 11010111 01000101 11010101 11100001 11011101 100111100 01010011 11011111 11011101 11110111 11111111 11111101 01001011 11110101 11111111 101101101 11111101 101111101 111111001 1110111001 1010010110 10101011 11110111 01011101 11001101 11110101 11011101 11110101 11111111 01010101 11110101 10101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 617
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 104
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, what, and, i, in, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words east, the, i, and are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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