This is an analysis of the poem Fox-Hunting that begins with:
THE FOX MEDITATES
When Samson set my brush afire ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abXbcdcd efefegeX chchhhhh iXihjeje ghghklkl mjmjalal ngngihih
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 011000 11011101 01010010 111111000 11010010 1111000111 1101011 11010001 1101111 111111001 1101110 01100111 1111110 11011101 1111010 01000101 1111010 11010111 1101010 11110101 11001110 11011001 1111010 10010101 0101010 110111101 110011 111101001 0101010 01111101 0101010 11010101 0101010 11011101 1101010 01011111 0101110 11011001 1111010 11010101 1101010 11110101 111101 110101001 0111110 11011111 0111010 111101001 1101110 11110101 1101110 011111001 010111 110011101 1100011 11010111 0111010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 57
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, when are repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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