This is an analysis of the poem The Bishop Of Rum-Ti-Foo Again that begins with:

I often wonder whether you
Think sometimes of that Bishop, who... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcccb dddefffe gggfbbbf fffbeeeb aaafhXhf aaXidddi bbbjhhhj Xiikfffk kkkahhhX lXldddddXaaadaaad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 10101101 01110111 1101001 10111111 01000111 01110100 110101 01011101 100101001 01011100 110101 11010101 01011111 01000101 110101 110001001 11000101 11010101 0001001 01000111 1100010101 11011101 110101 11011101 01011101 110100101 110101 01110111 11110111 01010111 010101 11110101 11110101 01000111 011101 11011101 11011011100 11010101 111111 11011011 11011101 110100010100 010001 11010101 01110100 11000101 111101 11110101 11010101 11110101 111101 01010101 01010101 01010101 110100 110101010 01000101 11010111 110000 01011101 01011111 01110111 010101 01010101 11010101 010000100 1110111 11111101 11110101 11010011 11011101 1010001 1101000 01000101 110111 11011101 11000101 01010101 011100 01000101 01011011 01010101 010101 11010111 01010011 11010111 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • 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; he, they, them, to, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, and, the, to 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.

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