This is an analysis of the poem The Old Man's Visit that begins with:
Joe lives on the farm, and Sam lives in the city,
I haven't a daughter at all-more's the pity,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaXccddee dXffaXaa bbgXbbggeeaahhee aaccaabbbbiiaaaXhhXeee aaccbbbbccffhhXXhhaaee bbeefXhhddbbbbbbffffhhbbaabbeeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,8,16,22,22,32,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011110010 1100101110010 110111110110 111011110110 111001110010 111110110110 110110111110 110110110110 010011010010 110110011110 011011011010 001001111110 11111110100 111110011010 110111010010 111101011010 110011110010 111111110010 01011110010 1110110110010 000011111010 011110110110 01011110011 111110110010 110010111110 111011110010 110001110110 011010110110 110111111010 11111111010 111001110110 110011010110 101001010011 110110111011 111010010010 111011111010 111111110010 110111010110 111011110110 110010110110 011010110010 10100111110 111001111010 011111111110 11001010110 101011111010 010111111011 011101011111 110011111110 10110111000100 110010110010 111011010010 111010110011 111110110011 11010011000 111111111010 110111011010 0010101111110 111011011110 010110010110 111010010111 01101110111 010110011010 010010011110 111110011010 01101010110 1110111110110 110010111010 100010010110 111001010010 0010011011011 1010110111111 1101101011011 111000111111 111010010011 011111110011 11101010110 101111110010 010011010110 110010111110 010111110110 011011110110 111010110110 111111110010 111010111110 011010110100 110110010011 01111111011 11101110110 101111110110 110110011010 101001110010 101000010110 111110011010 101110110010 100101010110 010010010010 110011110010 011001001001 011010101011 0100101100111 111011011111 111010110110 111010110010 1010111010110 011111111110 111011111010 101101010110 111010111010 110110110110 111101010110 110010111110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 910
- Average number of words per stanza: 176
- Amount of lines: 112
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, i, it, or, her, you, of, had, so, has are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the, and are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, you, ', it are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word smoking at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Old Man's Visit;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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