This is an analysis of the poem The Little Worn Out Pony that begins with:

There's a little worn-out pony this side of Hogan's shack
With a snip upon his nuzzle and a mark upon his back;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aABbcc ddeeff XbccXc ffbdXc XXccaa aXXXcc XXaABb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110010111 001010101010101 10101010011101 11011101110001 111010100010101 10101010010111 11010101010101 10111110110101 010101010101010 111101011101010 001001100110101 01010101010101 0101010110101 110101010010101 011101010100101 1011111000011101 11011101010101 11011101011111 1111110111111 11101011010101 11111111011111 110100101010101 10101110011010010 001111111010111 11111110010101 101101010111110 1001011011101001 101001110011010111 111010101110101 1101010011101 101010101010101 011101011101010 10101011011010101 010001000101110 1111110001101 1111010110101 01011101110001 111111011101010100 101011101010111 001010101010101 10101010011101 111010100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 374
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, i, saved are repeated.

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