This is an analysis of the poem The Sewing Machine that begins with:

I sing the Sewing Machine,
The blessings it brings to the fair.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdeeX afafgghggh ababiihjjh akakccXXaX X adadddlffl aaaabbmhhm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,1,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001 01001001 1011011 11101001 101001 01111 110110011 100100 101101 010010010 1101001 11011011 1001011 101111001 11101 001011 110111010 11001 101010 110011110 1001001 11001101 1101101 11101001 001101 01101 010011010 01101 101101 010111010 1001001 11001011 0110101 01101011 11101 101101 110110010 11011 001101 110011010 1111001 1001001 11001001 1011011 001111101 01011 111101 010011010 101001 011001 010011010 1001001 11011001 1100110 11001011 11001 101111 111010010 11101 001001 010110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; click is repeated.

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