This is an analysis of the poem The Great And Little Weavers that begins with:

The great and the little weavers,
They neither rest nor sleep.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcdXdceAe cada dfAf ghXh eeAe iaea Xgig edXd ejcj XeAe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101010 110111 110011010 11001101 01110010 0111001 01110011 0111001 111110010 1111001 101101010 1101001 01010010 10101010 101110011 1001110 101001111 10111001 101101010 1101001 01010010 0101001 010001101 11111101 11011001 00111010 101101010 1101001 010110010 011101 11001010 00100100 01111110 01001001 01111010 1100101 11101001 1011110 110010010 011111 1101001 110011 0010100100 1010101 1011111 10111001 101101010 1100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, the, nor are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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