This is an analysis of the poem There's Whisky In The Jar that begins with:
As I was a-crossin' the Abercrombie Mountains,
I met Sir Frederick Pottinger, and his money he was countin'....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaX X XX bbXX X aX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,2,4,1,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1110100101010 11110010010101110 11111001111110 10101010110111000 100110101 110101 1010001 11100100101010 1110011101010 110101011111011 1010001011101010 110111101 11011101100010 1010001011010100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; i, and, to, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of There's Whisky In The Jar;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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