This is an analysis of the poem Our New Horse that begins with:
The boys had come back from the races
All silent and down on their luck; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXdededed fXXghdhd adadcici jkjkeded jljljmjm jajajkjX XdedadaX flflljlj cnXnnaXa akakegeg eiXincnc nanajojo ckckeleX akakkakX ededicfX aaaaXdkd cpXplhlh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 011110010 11011111 1010111110 11001011 111010110 11111001 110010010 11010101 1111011100 11111011 0101010010 11011111 011111010 01001011 111011010 11011101 1011111110 01101101 111101010 11001001 011010010 11101011 110110110 01000101 1011011010 11000001 011110010 11001001 011011010 01000110 110011010 01001001 111111111 11101001 111110111 11101011 010010010 11111001 110110110 01011101 1011011111 11101101 1101111011 01011001 010111111 11011011 1111010111 11001001 1011010110 01001011 111110110 11111101 110010111 11001011 110110111 0101100100 11101001100 01001001 1011111010 11001011 010011010 01011101 111010110 010110010 111010110 01001011 110010110 11011001 110111010 01101011 011111010 01111101 010111010 110010001 010011000 01011001 110110110 11001001 010010110 01001001 010010110 01001101 010110010 01001001 1111110110 11001001 011110010 11111101 1010110110 11001010 010110010 01011101 010110010 01011101 011110010 11001001 110110110 01001011 010010110 01111101 010110111 01001101 110111011 11011011 1011011111 01111101 1110010011 01111111 1111010010 01001111 111011010 0110110100 111010110 11101101 111010110 11000001 011011011 01001101 0100011011 110010110 1101011010 01111001 111110010 11111111 010111111 01001011 110010110 110010010 111011110 101011001 1111010010 11011011 110011010 11001001 010010010 11001011 111111010 01111011 110010100 11001001 010111110 11111011 1011111010 01011101
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 146
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; to, as, him, and, of, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he's, the, they are repeated.
The author used the same words and, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Our New Horse;
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