This is an analysis of the poem Execution, The : A Sporting Anecdote Hon. Mr. Sucklethumbkin's Story that begins with:

My Lord Tomnoddy got up one day;
It was half after two, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cccXdeefX gggggbb eeegggg hXXhiiiffX jjiiikkcccaaaallliiihXhhmamnX ddddXhhhhhhXXhX eeeXXXmaXXhoo iidddkk pppkkkXhhXXnn kkkaaaeemaddlliXiamaaiiiieeeaa ccaaoohhaXbaaeeeXXeeggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,7,7,10,29,15,13,7,13,30,23,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001111 011101 111001 10101101001 101 1101 0101001011 00101100110 10110101001 100111001 1100101111 11111101101 10110101 111001101 11010111 1001 1001 10011101001 1011111 110100101 1111111 1111110101 111101111001 110111101 1110101111 101010111 111111101001 1110011101 101 101010 11011001001 11001 1101 1010010011010 101011 101001 001001001011 1110010001 1101001001 11111 01101 1101011001 10101011011 101101101011 101101 10111 110001001101 10001 11011 101101001001 111011011001 101001 11001 11101011011 11001 1101 111000101 101011 111111 110110110011 11011001011 110110 1010011 111010011110 1111110111 10111001111 011100111 10111101101 01011 01011 10111011101 11011 11011 11101011011 11101 101001 11011011101 110110010110101 101010 11011001001 1101011001 0111 1001 11100101001 101001010010 11100 010110 110110111010 011110111 1111011011 1101 101001 11100101011 1001001011 011110101 11001001011 11001 10111 11001011011 010110111 01011001101 0111 01001 101011101101 111001 111 01011001011 01010 01001 101001011001 11100 111010 11101001001 0100101101 101100101 01001 1011110101 11111111 10111111 111010101 101101101 111011110 1111010100 11011111 1101101011011101 01011001011 10111001 00100101011 110111001 111111110 1101101111 11010101 11111100 010110101 1110111001 1111001101 0100100101 110011111 10100111001 110101111 0111001001 1111101101 11010111 010101101 01111111 01001001001 010100101 110100101 11010101 111110001 11011100101 1101001101 111111011101 1011 1011 110111101001 01001111001 1001 11101 111111111001 111011111001 11001111001 111111011001 110010111 11011101 1111001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 482
  • Average number of words per stanza: 88
  • Amount of lines: 167
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, of, he, and, their, ', in are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words my, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    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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  • summary of Execution, The : A Sporting Anecdote Hon. Mr. Sucklethumbkin's Story;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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