This is an analysis of the poem Jenny And Her Pet Lamb that begins with:

By the side of lonely moor,
In a humble clay-built cot,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab cdcXd bbbbb efeef bgbbh iXiie bhbbX hbhhb eaeea ahaah bjbbj dbddb gbggb kXXkX lelle kikki babba kckkc kdkkd ghggh dkddk kekkXXhlhhl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 0010111 1010101 1010101 1010111 0010101 1110111 1110101 1110111 0001101 1110111 0011110 1110101 1010011 1010111 1110111 10100101 1011101 1100101 1111101 1110101 0110101 0011101 0110101 10010101 1101101 1011101 1010011 0010101 1100111 1011101 1010101 1110101 1011101 10101110 1001101 0000111 10101001 1011101 1011101 1010101 1010101 1010100 1110111 1011101 1010111 1110101 1010101 0110111 010101 1111101 1011100 1110101 1111101 0010100 1110101 1010101 1110101 0110101 1011111 1111111 1001101 1110101 1110101 0011101 1010101 0010101 1010101 1110111 1110101 1001111 1111101 0110101 1010101 0010101 1011101 1010111 00111110 10111010 1111101 1110101 1011101 1011111 1110111 1111111 1011101 0010101 1110111 1011101 0010011 1011101 1110101 1010101 1010101 1011101 1110101 1111101 1100101 1010101 1011111 1010001 1111101 0000101 1010111 1011101 1100101 0111111 1111101 1010101 101011 1110111 1100101 1010001 1110111 0110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 115
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; to, would are repeated.

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