This is an analysis of the poem A Cabin Tale that begins with:

THE YOUNG MASTER ASKS FOR A STORY
Whut you say, dah? huh, uh! chile,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a abccccddeeffXXfXgXhh gXiijjffXXffXXhhXjXXXXXjkkll gmbbnneeeXhXllkkhhXgXXXXhhXXeeXXbbddcXgXXbeedXhhXXXXcceXhhmg hXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,20,28,60,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011011010 11111110 11010111 1010111 11110101 1111111 1110111 1110101 10110101 1111111 1110100 11111101 1111111 1111011 1111101 1111111 1111101 1101111 1100101 1111111 1111111 1110111 1011111 0011111 1110101 1110101 0110111 1111111 1100101 1111111 1011001 1111111 1110101 0110111 11010100 11111101 1111100 1111111 11111101 11111101 1010011 1111101 1111111 1111101 10011001 10101101 1011111 1110111 1111101 1111101 1110101 1111101 1010111 1011111 10111111 10111111 11100001 1111111 11111111 1110101 1110100 1010111 1110101 1110101 1010111 1110101 1110101 11111111 1110111 1111111 1111101 1011101 11111010 1010101 1011111 1111110 11110111 1111101 1011111 1111101 1101101 1111101 1110101 1111101 1010111 1011111 1111101 11111101 1110111 1111010 11110001 0011101 1111111 11100111 1110111 1011101 1110110 11101110 10111001 1110101 11101101 1110111 1010011 1010111 1011101 11100111 1010111 1010111 1011101 1111101 1101101 1111101 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 695
  • Average number of words per stanza: 149
  • Amount of lines: 113
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you, to, an', bah, de are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Cabin Tale;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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