This is an analysis of the poem Suppose that begins with:

Suppose ... and suppose that a wild little Horse of Magic
Came cantering out of the sky,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cded efgf bcfc hXeX ichc ichc hbgb jajaXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101101101010 11001001 010010100010110 01101 111100011010011 01001 1100101001110 001001 111110101010 1100001 01001011001101011 11011 10101110111101110 11101001 111110110111011 01011001 1110011010010010 1011011 111101011011110 1011 11001110011010 11100110 10010111010010 11001 11011001110010 11001011 10111101100110 01101 1110010010010110 1111010011 10111011010010 111011 11101011001110110 1101111 100110111111100010 11011 01101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, in, never are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Suppose;
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