This is an analysis of the poem Tim Turpin that begins with:
Tim Turpin he was gravel-blind,
And ne'er had seen the skies :... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab Xcac debe abdb fgag hibi jfif jdkd fklk amem ajej Xndn faoX foao kdhd mXon dpdp Xhjh fded fbXb oala lqpq
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 111101 11010111 010101 11010100 111101 11110111 010011 11110111 010111 11110101 111111 11110101 110001 11110011 011101 11111111 1001101 01011011 010101 11111101 010001 010100101 110001 11010101 110101 11110101 110101 01110101 110101 11110111 010101 11110101 110111 01111101 111001 10010001 011111 11101101 010101 11011111 110101 11000101 010001 11010100 110101 01011111 010101 01010100 1110111 110011 010101010 11010111 111101 01010101 010101 11110101 010101 11010101 110101 11010101 010001 11110101 111001 01010101 011101 11110101 110001 11101100 111111 11011111 010001 11111001 011111 11010011 010101 11010101 110101 01110101 010001 01110101 110101 11011101 111111 11111111 110011 11011111 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; for, he, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The author used the same word but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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