This is an analysis of the poem There Is A Tavern In The Town that begins with:

There is a tavern in the town, in the town,
And there my true love sits him down, sits him down, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbXccbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10010001001 11111111111 11011101 11010101 11111111 11101011 1010101011111 010111010101 11110101101 11111010111 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 507
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, adieu, must, thee are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).

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