This is an analysis of the poem Scroggam, My Dearie that begins with:
THERE was a wife wonn'd in Cockpen,
Scroggam;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXAX XXXAX XXXAX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 110110010 10 11111100 11111111 101110 010001010010 10 011010110100 11111111 101110 1101101100 10 10110111010 11111111 101110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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