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

JOHN courted lovely MARY ANN,
So likewise did his brother, FREDDY.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcX efef gXgX fXXX fhfX ibib ahaX jbjb dkdk gbgb lXlX aXab mbmb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 111001010 11010111 111111010 11010101 111101010 10110011101 1101110100 11010101 010101010 11010001 101110100 11010101 111101110 01010101 01110110 11010101 110101100 11010100 11010100100 110101101 110101110 11110001 110110010 10010011 011101110 010010111 110101010 1010110101 1010111010 11000001 1100110100 11110101 11001010 11010101 010100110 11111101 0100011010 110100101 010001010 11110101 111101010 11010101 110101010 100001110101 1111011110 1011100101 101010100110 110100101 0111010100 10001000101 10100101010 11111011 010101010 11110101 110100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; now, for, many, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, now, for are repeated.

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