This is an analysis of the poem Carol Of Occupations that begins with:

COME closer to me;
Push close, my lovers, and take the best I possess;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abb cb def fgc Xbf Xgchcec ff aaXa ijfkalmnafidal oXcc iocped kXccf hXl khp ffbaa Xkeo qhenmcal eemqXbn mfkfbmXbbhq iikffpXbmpp eprbiXbfmo kcaXke kmcs ehdosc XpknahkbXpqfgc mclmXcic mcmcflaaf eiX ibirgba hfmd gh frXkXkhbbfhikeifffmilrdiibXprX kcc Xhi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,3,3,3,7,2,4,14,4,6,5,3,3,5,4,8,7,11,11,10,6,4,6,14,8,9,3,7,4,2,30,3,35,4,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001 111101101101 11011011101101 00010100110001 1110011100110011 1111 11110010111110011 01011 010010 111111101111110010 111100011011 00010010101 0010010111010011100100 11001010 101100 0110101001101010110 1110010 011011010000100110 110010 0101101010110111 1011 011000100101001 011111001001 10010101011 1111001110111011 10100111 100100111101001 011110011111101000 11 01011111011011011 011101101 01101010101111110 1000110 010101010011101111 1 0101011011111111 1001011101111 0101101010110100100 10 0111100011111011 10110001110 11111010 0011111011 0011101011011 101101111010101011 01111011011101110 1 1011010101011111 10010011001111110110 11101 1110111101010 1011100011110101 01001100 00111110111011010101 10111 11100111011111 1111100101100100 111111111010111 11101110 0111011111010 010110110101 0101101001111010 11010011101001 110101111101011 10110110100 11111101100111 1101111110011 11111111111 11010110110 111101100101101000101 1001001 1010111011101000 0011010101001010 11 001001001001001 001101011001100111 1011101 0010110100100010011 0 1110101001110010 1110100101110010 1 1000010010101100 01010010101010101 10010110101101011001 01 01111100101 01011110101001000 101 11111000110011100 100 1100100101101010101 1111000 1100110111111111 10111001011 111011100100010 0100 011101001010101000 11001100010110 101111001010011 10 01010011010011111010 1110101010 111100110001 1110010111111010 001 1001100010101010110 101010 111001111011101 0100010 111101110100111 100100100101110100 1010101000110110 10 101110111111 1010010101011101 1101010110100101 101001 1101011110100101 01010010101001101 1 0111111011110101 110111010101100101 1110111 1111011110101 1111111110111 1101111010011 11101011011100101 1010101010011111111 01 1111111011111011 001111010011101 1111100111001 1111101 10110100101 10110010010 1010011101001011 00101 11110100111111111 1110101 10101001010101001011 01 10101001110110 10 110110110011110 010 101010111111001110 111011 010111001110101011 01010100111100111 1111 0101010110111111 01 010011001111 11010010100100 10110010111111 111101 11011011100101001 11011001101011011 1001 01010010101111001 1001010111101 010110110111110 01011010100101110 10 11010011100111010 0110100111110100 1011001 110011000111101010 100 0010001101000101010 101101001011010 011001100110110 01010 001011011 001111 1111001101001010 1101011 1111010010011 1111101111 1011001111 1101001001 100110110100110 10101 1101101101001001 1110 01011001100111 11 11111011010010 1011101011101 1011010 10111000101101011 01100101101010 10100111101101 010100111010001 110101010101100 11111111 1111111010111 0111100 110101011011011 100100110010010 1 100101001010010010 101101010010 0101010001011100 10010010010100 10011110101 0100110000010010 10110110 1010101011010110 101001 110110 110111111 111010010010111011 001111010001000100 110011110 01111011011100 10110101011100 10011011 010010010110011011 101011101010010 10101101010110 0101101101010 010101000010010 1011001100110 011001110 010010010001001 100010110101111010 11 110101010100100 1000101 01011010100110 1011001010010 110101010110 101100111101010 111010010100111 101101 011010011111011 01 0100101111011011 11100 1111111111001011 1101 01100100100001111 101011110 000100111100101111 0011011110111 01001010 00001000001111 11101111010101110110 1 111110111111 11111101011101 0110111101111 011101100111010 1 0110011001010100 1001010010110111 010101010 1001111111011010 1010010101 01001101010100010110 1 11001100111011011 11 1111010111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 36
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 404
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 272
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, me, closer, i, with, of, you, as, or, than, she, it, read, in, that, for, rate, our, not, they, when, all, would, be, works, machines, them, best are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words is, or, the, it, you, and, i, when, all, in are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, we, all at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines possess, terms, you, it, us, the, leisure, be are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.

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