This is an analysis of the poem The Son Of Marquis Noddle that begins with:

He is brand-new out from England, and he thinks he knows it all —
(There's a bloomin' bit o' goggle in his eye):...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaXab cXcdbbbd efefggXf hahafffa dfdfbbbf cgcggggg ggggiiig fjfjiiij dkXklllXXiciclllc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101110101111101 10101110001 010011010100101 10101010101 10101111010011 00101010110110 111001101110101 11101010111 101100101010101 10111010111 101010101111101 10111110101 111011100010101 001110100010001 111011100110101 10101110101 101010101110101 11111010101 111111100010101 1111111111 111100101010001 001111111010111 10101111111001 10111010111 001010101010101 10111010001 101010111110101 00111011111 101110100010101 111110101110101 100010101111101 10001010011 101010101110101 11111010101 111011101011101 11111010101 11111010101001 111010111010101 111111111100101 10101010101 101010101011001 11101010111 111010100010101 11001011101 101110101010001 01011101110101 11110111010101 10101010101 10111010101001 00101110001 101010101010101 00101010111 101110101011101 110101010100111 111000101011001 11101110001 101110101010011 10100010101 101010101011101 11101110101 101010100011100 11010100111101 101000101110101 00101010111 101010101010101 10101010111 1111001011001 11101010101 10101001010101001 101011101110101 10100110100111 10100111100 001001110010001 1101010101 001011101010001 11101010101 101011101010101 101110101111101 111111111111101 00101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 493
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, he's, as, of, they, to, him, that, and, his, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, where, and, they'll, he's are repeated.

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