This is an analysis of Torto Volitans Sub Verbere Turbo Quem Pueri Magno In Gyro Vacua Atria Circum Intenti Ludo Exercent by James Clerk Maxwell.

Of pearies and their origin I sing:
How at the first great Jove the lord of air…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcXddXXecXXXffXdXgggghbhabgcXgbgceiicgX
  • Stanza lengths: 41,
  • Metre: 0101110011 1101110101 0101010101 11000110111 01100101010 11011100100 1101010001 11001010001 1101111101 0111010011 1111011001 1011010101 0011010101 11010110111 1101010111 1101011101 0101110101 0101010101 100110101 1111100101 0101000101 011111111 11010101001 1001000101 11100111010 01010000101 0101010101 1101110111 010111101 010101010001 1101101110100 110101111 0101011111 0100010101 01001010101 0001010011 0101000101 010111111 11 11010101 111100011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 41

Repeated words/phrases

of, thou

Anaphora

of

Anadiplosis

all