This is an analysis of the poem Stinkomalee Triumphans that begins with:

WHENE'ER with pitying eye I view
Each operative sot in town. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaaBB abaaaB abaaaB abaaaB XbXaB abaaB abaaaB abXaaB abXaaB abacaB abacaB abXaaaB abaXaB abaaaB abaaABB XXaAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,5,5,6,6,6,6,6,7,6,6,7,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000100111 11000101 11011101 11110101 10001101 10001101 11011101 11010101 010010101 11010111 01110101 10001101 11111101 1110100101 11011101 11010101 00010101 10001101 11111111 11011101 01011101 11010101 11010101 10001101 11011110 01010101 01011110 11110101 10001101 1110101 10010101 11011101 11010001 10001101 11000111 11110101 10010101 110110101 110101001 10001101 11010111 11011101 00010100 11010111 10110101 10001101 11011101 01010101 01010100 11011111 10111101 10001101 1100101 11011101 010010101 11011100 01110101 10001101 11111111 11010101 01011101 01011010 10010101 10001101 110101001 11010101 111000110 01011111 11110001 11010001 10001101 11011111 11111101 11011101 11010101 11010001 10001101 11010101 11000101 01110101 11010111 11010101 10001101 01010101 01011101 10010101 01010101 11010101 10001101 10001101 110 10101101 11010101 10001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 94
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; in, town, and are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines town is repeated).

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

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