Poem Analysis of The Fairy Curate by William Schwenck Gilbert for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem The Fairy Curate that begins with:

Once a fairy
Light and airy... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: aabcCbddaeea XfafXaaaXeea ggcddcdXXhha iijddjXXjhhX ccaaaaccXcXX XfkjjkbbXcck ffiffieeXddd aadiiddXjggj ddlkklkkXkXX aadjjdmmdkXX dddaXdccXggf nXacXannaaXXXcCcaaceeiiii
Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,25,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1010 1110 100010 1110 1010 101010 1010 1010 101010 1111 1011 111010 1110 1110 101010 1110 1110 111010 10010 1010 10111 1111 1011 101010 1011 1111 001010 1010 1010 101010 10010 1100 1010110 100011 1011 1011010 10010 0010 101110 1010 0010 101100 1010 1010 111111 1011 1111 11001000 1010 11010 1011010 1110 1010 111010 1110 1110 101011 1010 11100 10110110 1010 1110 111010 1010 1110 101010 1110 0110 100100 1010 1110 101010 1010 1010 101010 1010 1000 100010 1011 1111 111000 1010 1010 101010 1010 1110 111010 1010 1010 101010 1010 1010 111000 1111 0011 110010 1010 1010 1110010 1010 10010 100010 1010 1010 100100 10010 1110 101100 0100 1010 111010 1010 1110 101010 0010 1011 101110 0010 0110 1110000 1010 1010 101010 10010 1110 101010 1010 1010 1010101 1010 0001 101010 10001 01110 101010 10110 11100 101010 10011 1111 110010 1010 1010 0011100 1010 1010 101010 1010 1010 1001010 1011 10001 101111 1010 1010 101010
Amount of stanzas: 14
Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
Average number of words per stanza: 35
Amount of lines: 157
Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words georgie, i'll, you are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him, up, he, me, it, sir are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases georgie, you connect the lines.

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