This is an analysis of the poem A Fly Caught In A Cobweb that begins with:

Small type of great ones, that do hum
Within this whole world's narrow room,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbccXXXXdd eeffeegXaaaX XXhheXiiggjjXi hhXXhhkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,12,14,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 01011101 1001101 11010101 10111011 11011101 11101101 11110111 11010001 10110101 11110111 01110101 11110111 110010101 10110101 111001001 111111010 111101010 111110111 01101101 11111111 11000101 111100101 110000101 11011101 10010111 11011111 01110101 11011111 11110101 110101100 0111110 11010001 11110101 11011101 11011111 1101011 11110001 11110100 10110111 11010101 11110101 10010011 10010100 11011111 01110101 11010011 10010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 424
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of A Fly Caught In A Cobweb;
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