This is an analysis of the poem The Two Ogres that begins with:

Good children, list, if you're inclined,
And wicked children too -... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab aaaa caca bdbd efef ffXf ghgh fafa ifXX dbdb cXcX jkjk efXf XXae aaaa eXXb ldld afaf eXel llll cbcb lXld didX llll akaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101 110101 01010001 010011 11010101 110101 01011011 010111 010101001 11101 01000101 010001 10101111 010001 01010100 1000101 011101001 110001 11011111 001001 11010001 111111 11111000 110111 11011101 010101 110011101 110011 10010101 110101 01010101 010001 11011111 110111 01011110100 110011001100 11111101 111001 11111111 111101 1101011 1101010 11111100 010100 11111101 110001 11110101 110101 11010111 000101 11010100 010001 110111100 1101010 01011111 000101 101010100 010011 11011101 111101 101110101 0111010 10110100 111011 11010001 110101 11010101 110101 1001000111 1010001 01011101 010101 101000101 110110 11110101 010101 101001101 110101 11110101 110101 1000110111 110101 11010101 110011 1000111001 110101 11110001 010100 101110111 110011 11101011 10010 101111101 110101 11010111 001101 101010111 110101 11010101 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 100
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, and, who, their, of are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word who 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 bland connects the lines.

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