This is an analysis of the poem The Road To Hogan's Gap that begins with:
Now look, you see, it’s this way like,
You cross the broken bridge ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efef gggg dada hihi gjgj dkXk fafa ikik caca glXl eded gcgc jgjg iaia cmcm hdhd dfdf ifif eXec cgcg dhdh abab ngngXkdiikd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110011 110101 11011111 010111 01010101 110101 100110101 011101 11111101 010111 101111111 111101 11010111 110101 01010111 0101101 11111111 111101 11010101 110101 11111111 010111 11011101 110101 11110101 010101 11011101 110101 11011111 010111 11110101 111101 11011101 110101 11010101 010101 11111101 011101 11110111 011101 11010101 110111 11010101 111101 01011101 110111 01010111 011101 11110101 110111 11011111 111111 11110111 11101 11010111 010101 1110001 011101 101110101 010101 01001100 110101 01011101 110101 10111101 010101 11010111 110111 11001101 1110111 11110101 111101 01100111 010111 11011101 111111 11111101 110101 01110101 111111 11010101 0101001 11010101 111101 101010111 010111 101111101 111101 11011111 010101 111100111 010101 01010101 11101 1110101 010101 1110101 11101 01011111 011001 11001101 110101 01011101 01110101 01011101 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 25
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 108
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, to, they, s, there, he, t are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, he, they, are repeated.
The author used the same words and, he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.
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- summary of The Road To Hogan's Gap;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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