This is an analysis of the poem The Reverend Mullineux that begins with:
I'd reckon his weight as eight-stun-eight,
And his height as five-foot-two, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccbddX XXXabXXX XbaabaaX dbccbeeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110011111 1011111 0011111111 1011110101 110101 11101101 10100101 100100 11110111 10110110 1011001010 110100111 111101 10001011100 10111101 100100 111111101 110101 101110101 100110111 101101 10010111 101101101 100100 101110101 110111 110101111 101111101 111111 110111111 100100101 100100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; as, eight, like are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word mullineux at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Reverend Mullineux;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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