This is an analysis of the poem Trafalgar Square that begins with:

These verses have I pilfered like a bee
Out of a letter from my C. C. C. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaba bbcb ccdc ddeX eefe ffcf cccc ccgc ggXX hhdh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110101 1001001111 0101010111 0101010001 1101010101 1111000101 01110111110 1011010111 11100111110 11111101010 1101010001 10011011010 1101010011 1011000101 1011001111 1111011111 0101010101 110010010111 0111011111 0100010111 1011000111 0101110101 1101011101 0101010101 1101111101 1111000101 1100010011 0101110101 1101010001 1111110111 1101010101 1101010111 1111110011 1001010101 11010111101 11110111010 1001110101 0110010111 11111100010 0101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; c, no, they, and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, she are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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