This is an analysis of the poem Stupid Meditation On Peace that begins with:

“He does not come to coo.”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cdX bea fgh cXX hdb Xfg Xgh bbX ceg XhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 011010 01011011001 10110011100 101010110 10100101001 010111111 1011001000111 00100100110 10100100100 10011010 10110011 11000011100 101101001 111110101 11110101 10111011 11011100010 1111011101 100110111110 111011010010 011010010100 01001111101 1011001011 111011001110 0011101001100 01100100100 0010101001 0101100100100 1100101111 11010110010010 11001011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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