This is an analysis of the poem John Mouldy that begins with:

I spied John Mouldy in his celler,
Deep down twenty steps of stone;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XABA XcXc bdXd XABA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100010 1110101 00111010 101101 111111110 01100111 111101010 11001 011101010 11011111 110111011 1101 111100010 1110101 00111010 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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  • summary of John Mouldy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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