This is an analysis of the poem The Mouse That Gnawed The Oak-Tree Down that begins with:
The mouse that gnawed the oak-tree down
Began his task in early life.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXb aaXa caXa AcXcddcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110111 01010101 11110001 11110101 11111111 10010111 11000111 01010011 10110101 0100011 11011101 01110101 01110111 11111101 10011101 11011111 01011001 01010111 11010111 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, nor are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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