This is an analysis of the poem The Witch's Frolic that begins with:
[Scene, the 'Snuggery' at Tappington.-- Grandpapa in a high-backed cane-bottomed elbow-chair of carved walnut-tree, dozing; his nose at an angle of... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abccbXXbX d cbeeeeeffggbbXchXh ebebaiai aa ahjhXh hcdckkll kegehh hggffhhhkkkk lllmlXmaaXXa ddbbbgXg aahhjjkk aabggb ggaann XXcc afaf afac afcfcX dboob ggcc ggkkgggg lblllbpp mmggcc bbXX Xlkkl ebcfXdX aaffXXgl llhhdd kkeekX gXeellcXbbX eecXbooXjjcX bbbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,1,18,8,2,6,8,6,12,12,8,8,6,6,4,4,4,6,5,4,8,8,6,4,5,7,8,6,6,11,12,23,34,25,13,13,11,20,15,19,17,5,17,13,33,15,22,22,16,12,16,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
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- Amount of stanzas: 52
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 463
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 580
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, with, his, hither, come, and, i, that, he, her, by, each, me, ', around, to, it, not, thee, up, jump'd, or, she, in, on, him, thousand, two, say, one, hey, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words come, i, and, he, on, such, a, it, by, the, up, robin are repeated.
The author used the same words but, 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 ned, ', boy are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ' connects the lines.
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