This is an analysis of the poem The Jackaw Of Rheims that begins with:

The Jackdaw sat on the Cardinal's chair!
Bishop, and abbot, and prior were there;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabacXcXdeX fffaagghhaaffggcXXiX jjeXkkkbaXllddmmaanXffeeXfffoo ffffoookkkeeggeeoofX nnppjjffooooogeeg dddiiXccjqqqoXXiicXbaaiiX nnddddjjjfffaaafffeeaaXXXiXjjjfffkkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,20,30,20,17,25,36,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101101001 1011011001 1001110010 100111001 00110101001 01010100 11101111101 1011 10101 100111001 10100111001 011 10101 1101011001 111 101001 101011 11011 11111011 1011011011 0101 11101 1010111001 0011100111 111001 00101 00101110111 1110101101 10101 11111 111010011010 011100111 01101011101 11101011101 0111011110 10101 111 101110001 01101101010 011101011 11011011110 10110111001 00110110101 111011011 101001011001 101101101101 1001001001 11011 0101 0011101001 101001101001 0111001101 0111011101 001011 01010 111011011010 01001 101001 101101101001 111111001011 1101011001 101101 101001 11111011101 101111011011 010110 110110 010011011010 01001 111101 11011001001 11111 001101 11101011101 11101011101 11101 101001 11111 11101 1010011111110 1101101101101 01001001011 11101001101 010101101 1100111001 1111111101 001001001001 11101011001 111001011001 111010111010 111010010010 111010010010 111010010010 111010111010 1011101001 1111 011001 111111001 0111 0111 0110101111 101001 1101 1100110110 1101 01011001011 01111101011 0111 11011 11001011111 10111101001 101111111001 011010 10111 1011001001 1101111101 101010101 10110 11101 11100100101 101111 101101 101001011010 10111001101 111100111 01010 1010010 110110011010 01011001010 11101 11101 111001011001 11111 001001 01101011101 01101 111001011001 11011101001 11101 00101 11011011011 11101011001 11111001001 01011101011 110001111001 1010 11011 111011111010 11001101011 111011101010 11101 01101 111001001001 111011 01001 01101001101 11101111111 00101111001 111011101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 939
  • Average number of words per stanza: 155
  • Amount of lines: 159
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; many, and, in, of, great, they, up, turn, his, he, cursed, him, that, any are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words many, the, and, they, he, his, that's are repeated.

    The author used the same word the 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 ' is repeated).

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