This is an analysis of the poem In The Stable that begins with:

What! you don't like him; well, maybe -- we all have our fancies, of course:
Brumby to look at, you reckon? Well, no; he's a thoroughbred horse; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbbbcc ddeeddff ddggcc hhiieebbeehhcc ddeeccjjkkll eebbeecc eeeemmbbeecc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,6,14,12,8,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111011111001 1001111011101011 1010101101101101 1111011111101011 100101101101001 1011001001101101 110111111101000 0111011111101011 1101001011101101 111101101101010011 101111001001001 101100101001101 100110011011011 1001101111001001 1001011011100111 101100101011101 1001001011010101 110100101001011 1111111011001101 1011001011001101 1011011011001001 1011001011111111 1101101111101011 111111011001010011 110111101111101 1101001001101001 1011011001101011 1011110011011001 10110001011001101 1001111101010101 011001111111101011 11101011001001111 111101001011101001 111111001011001001 100110101011011 11111101011111011 111111101101111101 11101011001010011 100111001111001001 111001001011101011 101011001001011001 1011010010101101001 101101101111101000 1101101111011101 10010110110001001 1110111111101011011 1011111110111111101 1011011010111101001 101101010110111101 1101001011011001 11010011011001111 1101011111111001 1001001101011001 1011011001001001 110111010110101001 1101111001001101 0001111011111001 11111101101010011 1101001011001011 1111001011111101 100101101101111 1111101011011001 1111001101111101 111111001001001 101110101101101 100101001001011 1111011011001001 1111001111101011 110001110100111011001 101111101101010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 722
  • Average number of words per stanza: 137
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 70 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 14
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; well, and, her, for, to, them, they, i, we, that are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word hall at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of In The Stable;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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