This is an analysis of the poem A Mock Charon. Dialogue that begins with:
CHA. W.
W. Charon! thou slave! thou fooll! thou cavaleer!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXabbccdd Xcc eeXX XXaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,3,4,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100 1001011111100 10101110111 10011111111001101 1010001110100 1111100100 1001011011101 1001001001 11111011111 1100110001 10 1101011111 1011111001 11111101001110 11111101011101 110010111111 10101011100 1010010 100101010 010111110100 1101011101 110101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; w, thou, to are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase w connects the lines.
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