This is an analysis of the poem 'Look At The Clock!' : Patty Morgan The Milkmaid's Story that begins with:

FYTTE I.
'Look at the Clock!' quoth Winifred Pryce, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcdddeeecX ffggggeehh bbbbbiiiggdj aaaXbXggbgXfXdXkkccX aaffeeeeXXeelllXhhggcX eecceemmeeeffffff nXnnnoobXXaXXccXXhiX ggXbeXggnXeXmmm hhhdddkkXffjjfX eeemmmokoXeeddd fffeemmmeXmggmlloohh kXkbbeeeXmmmhhffggfXX cXcccffooogX fffaaacXbbbbggkollpp pXXpmmm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,10,12,20,22,17,20,15,15,15,20,21,12,20,7,13,14,14,19,11,4,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 110111001 11100100101 1101101001 110101101 00011 110011 1011011011 111 1001 1001101101 110001101001 110111101 100111011 011010101011 0100110101 101101011101 0101101101101 0111111110101 011010 1000010 00110111101 11011101011 1101 11101 01001001011 111001101 1001101101 01001 001111 11001111001 1101 11011 0010111101101 1010011110100 111001 111101 10101101001 101001001110 0110110101 0010110 10110 1101110110 1110111001 10100111001 101011011111 11001001001 111101111101 1110101 1010011111 11111011101 11011001 11111 101001 10110111101 101111011010 01101101101 011111001 00100101011 1100111011 1010110001011 111011 011001 101011000101 11011 11011 1100111001 101101 101111 10110111101 110010 111010 111010011010 111111 111101 101111101001 111001011101 1010111111 1100101111 110101011 111101111001 0100111100100 110111010010 111001 01101 01101 1111 01011111011 11100110111 0110101101 101001001001 1111101011 11011001011 101001111111 0100100 10111 1100111110110 1101110100100 11011100110100 111101100100 0010011101110 101001 0100100 10100100010110 111101 100101 10010010100 00101 001001 1100111001011 110010 111010 110010111111 011010111000 111101 101001 1010110110010 11011011011 01001 11111 11111001101 001011001101 010011011010 011010011110 01011101011 01001011101 101101001101 110110111011 111011011001 110010 0011010 1010011011010 101011001111 100101011101 11011011001 1010011010011 101101101101 011001 01001 1111111111111111 01101111100110 1011110110010 111101001011 11011101001 10111 01111 11101001101 11001 01101 011111001001 1010110 101001 110010010010 11010 101001 11111011101 011110111 01111001111 111111101001 1011101 101011 110011011011 101001001111 01101011101 001001 11111 001011111001 011001 010010 101001001101 1010110 0110110 011101011001 001111101011 1010100110001 111010 010010 101001101101 11111001001 11011011001 1111011010 110011011101 11010111001 111101101101 101001001111 11011011001 11101 111111 11011 101001 101001101101 001110 001110 011010001101 101001101001 101001101001 01001011001 10101111011 11011011011 011101001111 11001001011 1010011101011 01111 101001 111001111001 101001011001 10111001011 110110 110010 0011010110110 11011001001 101101001011 101110 011101 101001011111 101011 11101 111111011001 10101101011101 001101001001 11011001001 111001101101 101011101011 11011011101 01101011001 01101011001 1001 111010 101001011001 101001001011 1111010111001 001001001011 11101 01011 101011111111 101011100101 101011 1101 11001101011 111011111110 111011111100 11011011101 11001011011 111111110010 111011011010 11101101001 111101001001 111001 011011 11001011001 111011011011 11101111101 11001 111011 10110101100101 110100100100 11110 11101 11001101011 111011110010 010011110110 101011 111101 11111011001 11111101101 1110111101 1101111011 11101001001 1100110 111110 01111011101 11010101101 01101 011011 11111001001 011010 111111 111011111010 101001001101 11101111101 11001 01001 110111101010 1011100 110010 111110011010 011010010011 1110100111011 011001 01001 101011101011 11111 11111 111111111111 01001 101101 10001001011 101110011010 100010110110 10101110101 11011111011 111101001001 01011 101101 101111111011 1110110110110 110010100110 1111100 010101 1111010110100 11111011011 101101010011 101011 010011 11101001001 110010010010 10100110100110 01011001011 011101101101 11101 101001 101111111001 001001001011 11100100 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 560
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 325
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; you, her, and, to, ', he, from, two, all, of, on, or, run, at, i've, seen, his, she, it, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, and, you, the, all, of, on, it, or, i've, he are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you, holes, ', hole 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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