This is an analysis of the poem The Old Tin Hat that begins with:
In the good old days when the Army's ways were simple and unrefined,
With a stock to keep their chins in front, and a pigtail down behind, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbb aaeebb aaffbX ccXabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00011101010101101 0010111011010101 1010100101110100111 111001001011100111 1010110010111001001 01101101011100101 10111001010100101 111001101011100101 11111111111111001 11110010011100111 10101100111110101 111001001111010111 1111001011100101 1101011011101101 10101101011110101 11001101011111111 1010110010110100101 00101010111100101 1100101011010101 11111001011101001 110010010110100111 11001010111010101110 10101001000111001 01000100101010001000111 11111010100100010010 11111011110101101 11111101111100101 111010010110100111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 523
- Average number of words per stanza: 103
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 74 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 15
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, when, to, he, road, and, one, of, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, and, he are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word hat at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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