This is an analysis of the poem Ole Wirginny that begins with:
In a little log house in Ole Wirginny,
Sum niggas lib dat cum from Guinny;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXXBBcXddXcXcBBccXcXcbXBBXcXXXXeeBBXeXacXddBBXXcXeeXXBB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 60,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00101101100 110111010 110111010 11110111 110111010 100111110 110110010 110111010 11101 01010111 111101010 01111101 010101010 10111010 110101010 111101010 110111110 1111001010 11101 01010111 11010010010 10101110 1101111110 110101110 11111010 010001111110 111111111 110101101011 11101 01010111 11101110010 01101101010 01110010110 1110101101100 111111010 110110100 111111010 110110100100110 11101 01010111 110110010 1011101010 0110101110 1001110010 111101110 10111100 1101011111 111010011011 11101 01010111 111101110 1101101000 11111110 1110111111 1111010011 010111001 11111110010 10101111010 11101 01010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2187
- Average number of words per stanza: 437
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, an', him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', de are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him, den are repeated).
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