This is an analysis of the poem Caliban Upon Rudiments Or Autoschediastic Theology In A Hole that begins with:

Rudiments, Rudiments, and Rudiments!
'Thinketh one made them i' the fit o' the blues.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdcebfadXdecbddXXghXfhXdahg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001001100 10110101101 1011000101 1101010101 10110101111 1001110101 11111101101 1001010111 1111011101 110110111101 10111101101 1101010101 1101110101 1011111100 101110111101 1111010101 110110101101 11011011101 110011100 1101111000 1011011101 1011111111 1101001111010 1101010111 1101111111 1001111111 1111011101 1111010111 11011101101 1101101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1399
  • Average number of words per stanza: 257
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; rudiments, that, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word 'thinketh is repeated.

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