This is an analysis of the poem Pasha Bailey Ben that begins with:
A proud Pasha was BAILEY BEN,
His wives were three, his tails were ten;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabX c ddee c ccff X ffcc f ggaa b ddff c ccbX h ffaa H aaaa e ffiI j jjgg c ggXX f ddff H ggii f ffdd h bbkk b ffff e aaXX a ffdd H eeiI h llkk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01101101 01010101 01110111 111101000 0010 110101001 01110101 11010001 11111111 010 11110111 11111101 11011111 11111111 100 11111111 11011101 11011111 11001101 11101 11010111 11010001 01011101 110010101 0101 01011101 010100111 11101101 11111101 0100100 01010111 01010101 11110101 1010001010 0100 010111011 11110101 01011011 11010111 0100010 11110101 01010101 11010111 01011101 01010 11010101 11010001 11110111 110101001 0101 01010101 11010101 01110101 01010101 00100 11011101 1100011111 1110011010 11010101 01000101 11011111 01110101 11000101 01010101 0100010 11110101 01000101 11011111 110101001 0101 110111001 11010011 110010101 01010101 010100 11011111 011100101 01011101 110010101 010011 10010101 01011111 11010101 110010001 101001 10101110111 11101101 11010111 010101000 0101010 011101001 11010101 01011111 10010111 0100010 11111111 011111001 110100111 110101001 0100010 11111101 00010101 11110101 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 41
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 104
- 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; his, and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, and, a, she are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines clerk, muse are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word wives at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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