This is an analysis of the poem A Regular Sort Of A Guy that begins with:
He fights where the fighting is thickest
And keeps his high honor clean;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXccC aaXaaccC XdcdccdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010010 1101101 01001101001 1001011 0010101110 10101011 11011111111 001001001 111010010 11101101 101001101101 10101101 111010010 001011011 11001111101 001001001 1111010010 101001101 11010010101 111101101 1110010111 111011001 1011111111101 1010010010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 310
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word guy at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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