This is an analysis of the poem The Amateur Rider that begins with:
Him goin' to ride for us! Him -- with the pants and the eyeglass and all.
Amateur! don't he just look it -- it's twenty to one on a fall. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeff XXaa dddd ggaa hhff aadd gghh aaee iijj ffcc Xgggg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11001111001101111 1011111001001101 1101101001011011 1101011011011101 1111111001111101 1111101101101001 1001001111101101 1111101101101011 1001011011111101 1011011110101001 101111111001011 11011011101101001 1111011111101101 1001010111111111 1101111001011101 0111011101011001 1111001111111111 1101101011111011 1111011111111001 0111011101111101 1111110101101001 1011111011011101 1111111111111111 111101101011101101 111111101111011101 100100101101011 101111011111101101 0101111011001011 1101011011111101 1111111011011001 10011110110111001 1001001101001011 1111001011101101 1011001001000111 10101101111001 1011111101101001 1011111011001001 1011001001101001 1101111001011101 1001001111011101 1111011001001001 1111111110101101 1001001101111101 11110010011101101 1010110101101 1111001011011011 1001001101011101 10111110010101 1111110111001111 10011110111110111 11111010001001111 1111111110101111
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 67 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
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; to, he, off, you, 'em, him, and, that, for, in, battleaxe are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Amateur Rider;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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