This is an analysis of the poem Thoughts About The Person From Porlock that begins with:

Coleridge received the Person from Porlock
And ever after called him a curse, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cCXb ddXd cC XeXe aXfX gEE Xghg Xdcd gbfg Xihi XXhb Xcdccdaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,2,4,4,3,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010010 110101101 1101100110 1111001 011101001011 1101111 101011110101 0101 1110110111010 11101010100 1011010010 110110 0111011 1101111 1101010010010 110111 1110100101 1101101 11100101 101101010 1001001110 11001010 1111010001111 110111 110111 111010010 0111011 11010010011 1101101 101110010 1011001 11101010 1100101 1110001010 11011001 110010110 1111011 1010101011010010 01110111001 01110010010 11111 1111011 1110100 11011110100 1111011 1110101111010 111111000110 1000010111111010 001001011001000 010010010100111 10100011000101111 1110111111101 110010001100110001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; it, and, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words , and, i, often, they are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines wrong, , flo are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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