This is an analysis of the poem Goldilocks And Goldilocks that begins with:

It was Goldilocks woke up in the morn
At the first of the shearing of the corn.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb Xa Aa cc dd ee ff dd Aa ee aa EE cc gg gg hh aa Xd ii jj aa ee ii kk hh cl jj ee ee cc ee cc ff cc dX ee Xa ee ee ee mm cl hh ff nn ee gg dd ee aa ee mm cc ff jj aa ii aa ff cc ii ee bb aa gg ee ii ee aa ff cc gg jj jj aa aa cc bb aa gg bb bb gg cc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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110001101 11010111 010111001 11010001 11011101 11010101 110010111 11010110 01011101 11110101 10111111 11011101 1011100101 11010101 11111101 110001011 111110101 11011110 11110101 01010101 11100101 10110111 11111111 111100101 11000101 00111111 01000111 11111101 11101101 11010001 11010111 10110111 01111101 01111101 11010110 11111111 110101001 010010101 10010101 010110101 11111101 110010011 11110111 1110101 11111111 11011111 100110111 11011110 11110101 010100101 10100111 11011111 11011101 11011111 11111100 01010111 1000110111 10010111 11011101 11110111 11101010 01111001 110011111 11011111 11110101 11011101 10110111 11110011 11111111 111100101 11010111 01110011 11011101 110111000 11110011 11000111 11010111 10101101 11110111 11110101 11111101 11110101 01010101 111111001 11010101 010011101 11110101 101110001 11011100 11010111 11110111 01010101 11111101 10011111 11010111 01001101 11011001 11010101 11011101 11010111 11010111 11010101 110011011 11110110 10011111 11010111 01010111 11010101 11111111 10010101 11011011 110001001 100011111 11011111 11010111 11111011 11010101 11010101 11111101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11110101 11000101 11010101 10010101 100110101 111011001 01011101 10010011 110110101 010101001 111001101 110100101 1110100101 110010101 11010111 01010101 111011101 111010111 11011101 11110001 11110111 11010111 11010111 1111000111 11110111 1110100101 111110111 1110011101 11011111 01010101 110101001 11010111 11011111 100010111 11010111 11110111 111111101 11011101 111111101 11011101 101110111 111111101 1111101 11010101 111110111 11010101 101110111 110111101 111101010 01111111 1010101101 11111001 11110111 01110101 11010101 11010101 11010111 11010001 11011111 1011100101 11010101 1011010100 10110111 11000101 110010011 01010101 1100100101 11010101 101010101 01010001 101010111 11010111 11011011 11110111 11111001 111100111 101011101 100100111 10110111 010011111 11111111 01010001 11011101 11010101 111000111 110010101 110011101 11010111 110111001 111100111 10010111 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  • Amount of stanzas: 345
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 73
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 690
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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, and, he, s, name, goldilocks, love, i, for, her, she, thou, but, had, bride, face, thy, his, sword, no, my, to, on, help, they, how are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words why, the, all, o, she, and, but, under, what, let, as, thy, he are repeated.

    The author used the same words there, o, he, she, and, but, then, i, as, hast at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases face, she connect the lines.

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