This is an analysis of the poem Montreal Maree that begins with:
You've heard of Belching Billy, likewise known as Windy Bill,
As punk a chunk of Yukon scum as ever robbed a sluice;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacaX bdXdeXeX fgfgcccX gXgcfafa hahaeceX hehXbcaX ihihacaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101111101 11010111110101 01010101010101 01010100010101 11110101111101 11010101010111 01010101110111 1101110101011 111001110101 11110101110101 11110101110101 11011101011111 11111111111101 0111111111111000 11110111010011 10111011011011 11110011110001 11011101110111 1011010111101 11010101011101 11111101011101 11111111110110 110101011010111 11011101011011 11110111110101 1111010111011 11010101110111 110101010110101 11110111110100 10011001111101 11010101110011 1011101010010101 11010101011101 01110100010101 11011111110001 11010101011101 11111111011111 11110001111101 11011111110011 101101100011011 11111111011101 10111101011111 01111101111111 1000001111111110100 11010111110101 11111111111100 11110101010101 11111101011011 11011111110101 11101101110001 11011111111101 11011111111111 10110100110101 01001101110101 11010100100101 1101010101011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 471
- Average number of words per stanza: 91
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, as, i, and, some, he, my, so, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and are repeated.
The author used the same word now at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word maree at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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