This is an analysis of the poem The Ballad Of The Carpet Bag that begins with:
Ho! Darkies, don't you hear dose voters cryin'
Pack dat carpet bag! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XAXAbbbAXAXA cAcAdddA XAXA XAbAeeeA XAXA XAXAbbbA XAXA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,8,4,8,4,8,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101111101 11101 11100111111 11101 11101011110101 101111101001 10111101110001 11101 111010 10111 111001101110 11101 111101001010 11101 1011101001110 11101 1111010010011 1111111010101 11111101110111 11101 111010 10111 111001101110 11101 1110101111010 11101 111010111010 11101 11100111101 1011010010101 1011111111111 11101 111010 10111 111001101110 11101 110011111111 11101 111010110101 11101 11101011110101 1110101101011 1010101010101 11101 111010 10111 111001101110 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; you, must, pack, to, de are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, you are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word bag at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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