This is an analysis of the poem Mister William that begins with:
OH, listen to the tale of MISTER WILLIAM, if you please,
Whom naughty, naughty judges sent away beyond the seas.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff ccgg hhii jjkk Xgll ggcc mmkk aakk ggXi nnoo Xkjj jXhh ggkk hhcc ffhh ffff bbff iiXX ffXXXggmm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11000101010011 11010101010101 11010011010011 01000101010111 11010101110001 01010101010101 11110111110101 01110100011011 110001111010111 11010100110111 11110011101011 11111101110001 101010101010101 11011111010101 01010100010001 11010101010101 101110100010001 01110100010101 11111101010101 01010100011101 101010111110001 11010100110001 11111101010101 11110100011101 11010101010001 011000101110100 11011111010101 01001101010101 1011010100011010 01100100010100 01000100110101 101011100010101 1011101011100101 11110101110101 10110100010111 01100100010101 100110101110001 11010011110101 01110100010001 01011010000001 1001010101110111 01010100110001 010001000111010 11010011010101 0100011110001 01000101110101 11111101010001 1101010001011101 11110101010101 11011111010011 111010101110111 10101110101001 110101010110101 110111010101110 111100110111101 1101101111111 11010111000001 01010010010001 11010101011011 11110101011101 100010100010001 01011001010101 01011101010111 01010100010001 11110111011101 01000101010101 11000111010001 11001101010101 11010100110111 11110101000101 11011110010001 11010100010011 101011001010101 01010101010111 11010111010101 01010100010101 101110111011101 01010100010001 01010101010001 1101010111111100 1010101101010101 100010101010111 11010100110101 01011100011011 100100101010111 1111100000110101 11100100010101 11011000000101
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, and, penny, by, he, his, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, he are repeated.
The author used the same word he 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 word/phrase i connects the lines.
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- summary of Mister William;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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