This is an analysis of the poem A Patter Song that begins with:
There was a cranky Governor
His name it wasn't Waterman.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaXbbX XccXddX XXXbddXeffebbf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010100 01010100 11011101 01010101 11010101 01001001 0110110100010101001000 01011100 11010100 01010100 11110101 01010101 11010001 011011010001010101100 11011100 01010000 11001000 01000100 11001101 11010101 011011010010001010000 11010101 01000100 01000100 01011101 01011001 10010101 0110110101010101010100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 333
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of A Patter Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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