This is an analysis of the poem Off The Turnpike that begins with:
Good ev'nin', Mis' Priest.
I jest stepped in to tell you Good-bye.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcadeXfaXggfhijkllbmiadalndaaiigopbaagaiiXXahkgaljefaaidbXXXipgffnbajifnqXpdifnnfnadlgljarbaebadceanllaaecfagXnaandlnXnalneaXfXrXmnnaibcfeanlXXbaXeXnaasaaaknflnagakfblar aXhfbnjXXXsXXiadloflXfehbibnXlamfbXXanXadnnglaaahelXnbmlaiqaedndfcXaaaaaXahmXXbaXdXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 170,89,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011 111001101 10110 11101 1100111010 01101 101100110 11110101 01010010101 1101110110 1011101 1001001101011 111101010 1110101111 111111 111011110 10100011 011 11000111110 11011111 10111011110101 1111111001111 1101011101 1110 1010011101011110 11111100 11011101010 111111011 111100 1111 11100111101 1110011101 111010010111101 1111 11001001 1011001 1110111 111111 1111 10110010 11101100111 1111011 111 1111100 1111110111 1111101101 1111000011 1011 01111 0111 11110 1111101111 1101010 110111101 1110100 111011111 11110001 110101 111011000110 111101111110100 11011101110 11101 101001111111 11010111111 11011111 1100111 1110110110 1101011 1111101 1101010 1011 101010100 11111 10110110101111 1101111100 11101111011 0101011011 100111011 110111 11101 101110111101 111101111 1011111101 011101111 11101011101011 111011011111 1111011 1010101111 1110 101100011 10110111 1111101 01010111101 110111010110 101110001 1110100011 111111110 10111100010 111111001101 11101111 011 011101111 1101110111111 1111 11010 111111 1010110 01101011 1000110111 111111101 1111 11111 1101001010111 1010 111011 1010101 110010101 11111111 1110 10101 111111 100111010111 1110110011 1111 110101110111 010010 110110111 1110111010110 11111011110101 010110 111111111101101 1111110101 11111101001 101101111101000 11 110111 1111110 110101110 11101 1101110111 1111 101011111111 10 111110010 11010011 11010111 11101 11111010 111111 101011 1011111 11101110 11010101 1111110 11111110 1110011101111 11011111 11111101 11011010 0101111010110 11111011011 1101110100 011111011101 1010011010 111011 1110011001 1011101 11101001 11100 011 1110101111 101110110 100110111111 111 11100101 1101111 11100110 10011100 110 1101111 110110111111001 11110111111 1111011011010 1111 1110110111 1111100101101010 111101 1101011110 111010110 11011 1001010110 111110101 110111000 11101111 11111 111001101 1110111 1101010111 11010010 111111101 011011110101 111110 111001110 1111111 1011110 1111111011010 11101 1110001 11111101011 1110111 11011 110110101111011010 11110111101110 111111 111111 1101101111101 111011010 101101111111 11 1110100101 11010101 110111111 1111111111101 1111000111111 110111 11101001110101 111101111 11101001 10110111101 0110101101110100 11010101111011 11110110111 11011010 1111 1110 1101111010101010 11111101100 110111100 111011010111 11010110 111111111 11110111 1111001011010 01110 0101111101 1101110 1100100001010 11111010111110 1101111001111 1111 010111010010 11010011010 111011110010 0010101 111111 011111 11111011101011 11011011 01
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 4710
- Average number of words per stanza: 919
- Amount of lines: 259
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; to, i, in, him, ther, it, and, o' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, an', but, ther are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines view, june, it are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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