This is an analysis of the poem Dyspeptic Clerk that begins with:
I think I'll buy a little field,
Though scant am I of pelf,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabcdcd ececfgfg hihibjbj akakkaka
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 111101 11011011 010111 11111101 010101 11110101 1100101 11011101 010111 01011101 111101 11000101 110100 11011111 110100 11110101 100001 0101010101 010101 01001111 111111 11000101 010101 11111111 010101 01010111 010011 11011101 110101 01010101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, with, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, my, a are repeated.
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