This is an analysis of the poem A Celebrated Case that begins with:

Way down in the Boom Belt lived Mrs. Roselle;
A person named Petrie, he lived there as well;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX bbcX dXaX cccX aaaX ddcX XXaX eXaX bXaX eecX ffcX ggcXXffaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001111010 01011011111 11010101001 11010101 11010001101 01001101001 01001001001 11010101 11001001101 010111111110 1101101011 11010101 10101011011 11111111111 11111101001 11010101 11011011101 011011111011 111011101101 11010101 11001101001 101011101011 011011101001 11010101 1101111110 111010111100 11101001111 11010101 01011111001 101011110011 11001011111 11010101 0110111101 01001001010 01001101011 110101010 01101001111 111111011101 11110111001 11010101 01001001001 11111011001 11011111111 11010101 01001010001 01001001001 11011001011 11010101 11001001001 11101011001 11101011001 11101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; her, of, ', you, his, four are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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