This is an analysis of the poem Little Puddleton that begins with:
I
Let others sing of Empire and of pomp beyond the sea,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a aaa bbccddaaeeff X ggg aaffhhaabXii X ddd ccddhhaaeeddXeedd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,12,1,3,12,1,3,17,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1 110101001010101 01010100000111 01010101010101 11010101111111 11011111110111 01001101111101 001010101010001 0101010011111 11100101110111 11010100111101 11010111110101 11010111110101 11001101110011 01011011111101 01001000010101 1 11000101110101 01010100111101 01001101110101 01010111111101 11001101110101 11011101010001 101011101010101 10010101110101 11010101110111 11011101011111 01000100010101 01010101010101 0101010111011 00111101010111 01010101110101 1 11101111111101 11010100010001 0101010100001 10110111011101 11111100111101 11111001110101 11010101010001 11111101011101 01010101010111 110101111101001 11010101010111 11110111110111 11010111111101 10100001111101 11010101110110 01110100010111 11011111111101 11010111010001 11010100111111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (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; of, i, as, and, in, to, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, i, the, and are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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