This is an analysis of the poem The Little Town O' Tailholt that begins with:
You kin boast about yer cities, and their stiddy growth and size,
And brag about yer County-seats, and business enterprise,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXb aabb ccbb ddbb eebb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011101110111 11011101110101 1111100111100 10101110010111 111011100110001 11011101110111 11101110111101 10101110010111 1111011110111 11110101010101 11110101011101 10101110010111 11010001010001 01111101010101 1011111110011 10101110010111 11111111111111 111101101011 101011101111100 1010111000111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, about, yer, no are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, they are repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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