This is an analysis of the poem Jack O' The Cudgel that begins with:

Part I
'Twas in the famous town of Windsor, on a fine summer morn,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbcc ddee fXgX aaff bXgg ddhh aahh aacc iiXX bXhh aahh eeff hhff ffhh aaee eeaa aaaa bbff X ffaa hhff jkkk Xlhh ffXi ffbX ffXf ggff kkjj ffll bbbb jjdd Xlmm hhXl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 100101010101101 10101010001001 1111001010010 0101100101110 111001111010010 1010011111110 110010101001001 1101100111001001 110101011011 101001011110 11110010001010 110110010111010 1010101111011 11010011111011 01110111000101110001 1100111101011 1010110111 11010101110 1111101010101 0100101101111011 11110101110 1110101111010 101011010010001 111001111011 111111011001 11010101011001101 0111110010101 1010110110001 11011011011 11011111 11010110111110 1110011110101010 101010101110101 101100110101 1101110111101 1110100100101 1010010111101 11110100101010 1010111010111101 1111110111101 110010100101 1101010101 111010110010 11101001110010 1010010010001 1111001010101 001011010111001101 111110110101 101010101101 1110111011 1110100100101001 10001001111011 1110100010001 1010011010101 111111111011 10100111010001 1111010111101001 101011010100010101 111111010011011 11101101111001 111011101001001 111110101 101010111101 11010101111001 10101110101 11111111 1010111101110101 1010101111101 11110111111 1111101001010 1111011110101 110100110101010001 11 10010001110010110 11010010001011 10110001011001 110001010110101 0110101010101 111110101011001 01010011100101 1101111010101001 1101010111001 11110011111010101010 01011100110000101 111010101101001 111010101010 11011010100101101 0110001101001 11111010101011001 1110101010111 11011110111001 111110101101111 1110101011111 10101110110101 111001011001001 1110101001001 111010110010010101 1011001011110111001 1011101011111 01110000100110 111010101010110 1010111010101 110101011010001 11111101110 110110111110101 111111001001101 01110100101001 10100111101011 1110110110111 10101111101001101 111010101111101 101011010101001 1101011111011 101001100110101010 11101011010010 11010010111110001 11101010111110101 10101110001 1010111001 11111010011010 110111011011 1001010010101 10101010010101101 1110111111111 11101011101 111001001000101 1100101111 1110010100101 1111001011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 34
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 131
  • 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; of, and, minstrel, to, his, jack, king, by, hand, then, you are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words then, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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