This is an analysis of the poem The Old Squire that begins with:
I LIKE the hunting of the hare
Better than that of the fox; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBab cdcd cece fgfg hhhh igiX ajaj ABab klkl ihih chch ejej cmbm nhnh Agag gigi AeXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010001 1011001 11010101 1010001 110100101 0101101 010101101 0111001 110101101 0010001 1101001101 1110001 110101101 00101111 10101001001 1011101 111111101 1101001 00100110111 110111 01011111 010101 111010101 111100 01011111 011111 01011111 0011101 11010001 1011001 01110111 101101 11010101 111101 11110011 111111 11110011 110011 11110111 011101 01011101 011111 11010011 110100 111101001 011111 01110111 010001 01010101 0100111 11010011 110111 11010101 111101 11011111 011111 11010001 011111 010001111 011101 01110111 110111 11111111 111111 11010001 111101 110011100 0011111
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 68
- 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; of, i, my, to, one are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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