This is an analysis of the poem Gregory Parable, Ll.D. that begins with:

A leafy cot, where no dry rot
Had ever been by tenant seen,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdXeeXdeeebeafGX bbffGX gghhXXddggcXiibbjjgX hhiibb XbeggeabhdXXfXbiX kXbbbXffiibbkkffffkkffddllggfX ggbbjjaX kkfX aaddiibX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,6,20,6,17,30,8,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011111 11001101 11011101 1101011110 11011101 01011101 11010101 11010111 1101110100 11011101 10010101 01011101 11011111 11010001 11011101 11011101 01111101 01010111 1001001 11110101 11011111 01110111 11011101 01010111 1001001 0111101 11010110 11010111 01010101 11011110 0100010 11011101 01000111 11010111 01110111 010101001 11011000 01010111 01010101 110101001 010101101 11010101 11010101 11011111 1001001 01110111 01010101 11010001 11010111 11110101 11010101 111111110 01011101 11110101 11011101 11011111 11110101 110011101 01011101 01010101 10111101 1111100100 100110000 11010101 11010101 11011101 10001110101 111101100 01010101 110111101 1111011 01011011 11110101 010101010 101001101 101011101 01010011 11010101 11110101 11110101 11010101 01010101 11010001 01010001 00011101 01010101 01010001 01000101 01010111 01011101 10010111 01010100 01001101 11011101 11111111 11110111 01010101 010111010 11011101 01010101 01010101 11110101 11010101 11010101 101011111 110111010 01010111 01010101 1010100101 1010101110 01010101 11010001 111011101 11110111 01010101 11010101 011110001 111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 450
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 118
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, where are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, to, if, the, and are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word d at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase she connects the lines.

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