This is an analysis of the poem A Worm Will Turn that begins with:
I love a man who'll smile and joke
When with misfortune crowned;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXb Xcddc efeef ghggh babba Xahha iciic ijXXj ejeej aXaaX kikki agaag jXjjX clccl abaab ljlljXbhbbh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011111 100101 11010101 11110101 100101 11011101 111101 11010101 11010111 010111 10110101 111101 110111101 01010100 011101 101010101 101101 11010101 11010101 110111 01010111 110111 110010011 11010101 010101 11010110 010101 01010101 10110101 011101 11110101 110101 11000101 11000101 011101 01010011 110101 0100110010 010101100 010101 10110100 010101 01000101 11010101 110101 101110101 110001 11010111 11110111 1101010 110100101 010101 01001101 11010001 111111 01010101 011111 11010111 11010111 010101 10101111 110101 110110101 01010001 1111010 11110101 010011 11010101 010101001 110111 11101101 110101 01000101 11111101 101111 01110101 110101 111100101 11110101 110101 11001101 010101 01010101 11010101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 85
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, proved, his, but are repeated.
The author used the same word but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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