This is an analysis of the poem Who Fancied What A Pretty Sight that begins with:
WHO fancied what a pretty sight
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababaa bbbbcc dedeaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 01100101 01011101 110000101 11010111 01010101 10010001 11001101 11011111 01010101 01011101 11110001 11110001 01111101 000100101 11110101 11010111 11011100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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