This is an analysis of the poem Old Pardon, The Son Of Reprieve that begins with:
You never heard tell of the story?
Well, now, I can hardly believe! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacacXdedabaB fgfghihi ajajekek XlXlmimX mnmnXgog pnXXeneX hdodqcXc mrmregeg ononeXXX aiaielel fifididi hnhnXggX ididgdgd agagdndn qlqlasas dgdggigX glgloioi ddddodod fgfgetXt gXXgdidi ebeBqgqg pcpcfnfn ogoggogXXeieifbfb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110010 11111001 1010010110 01001001 110110010 11101001 111110110 11001111 11111101000 01011011 0011111110 01001011 110010110 11111001 1110111100 11001001 111110010 11011011 110111010 11111011 111011110 11101001 11001010 11011101 1010010010 111101101 111010110 10101001 1011110110 01101101 111010110 11011101 11111110 01101001 110110010 00011011 1100111110 01001001 01011100010 11101101010 111010110 11011011 010111110 11011101 110001111 111001001 111110110 11111001 010110010 11011001 01010011 10110010110 111011110 11001011 1111111010 0101101100 010010111 11111001 1100011000110 01011101 110010010 01111001 1111010010 01011001 110111111 11011101 011010111 11111011 111011010 01001001 011010110 11001101 110010110 01101001 111011010010 01101001 110010110 1100110110 110110010 111011100 1100111110 01001101 110110110 11111001 111110110 101011011 110110110 001101001 011111010 01011001 011010110 01011001 1111100110 11111011 110111110 110011001 110110011 11101011 010110011 11111001 010111100 11011011 110010010 111011110 110111110 11101001 111011100 01011001 1010011010 01001101 1010010010 0100110001 111011010 1101001 011011110 01001001 110110110 01011001 1110011010 11001001 111010010 11001011 111010010 11001001 111011110 11101001 111011110 01011011 110111010 11011011 110010110 01101001 010110010 11101101 1110110011 110010010 111011110 11101101 110011010 01011001 011110110 01101101 111010010 11011011 111010110 111011001 1011011010 01111101 010010010 10001011 111011010 11011001 111011110 11101011 010010110 01001011 111011010 11101001 1011110111 11111001 111011010 1100100110 10110111100 11101011 111011110 01011001 010011110 110110111 110110110 11001101 111010010 11001001 110010010 0111101 110111110 11011101 1111011110 11011001 1111111110 11101101 111110110 11011101 1010010110 11001011 110010110 01101101 110110110 11111110 0111010111 11011011 10010011010 110110110 101110010 11001101 1011010110 01101011 11110100010 11001101 1110110110 11001001
- Amount of stanzas: 25
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 201
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, as, and, at, her, we, to, he, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, our, he are repeated.
The author used the same words then, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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