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

Bother Bulleys, let us sing
   From the dawn till evening! - ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aABCC ddXeX ffXcc XXaee eXaggXaABCC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111 101110 11111111 1011101 1011101 1110101 10110101 10101110 1010101 1111101 1110111 1110101 11101010 1010101 1111101 1000101 1111101 10101110 1010101 1110001 1010001 1101110 11101110 110110101 1010101 1110111 101110 11111111 1011101 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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