This is an analysis of the poem Humble Home. But Rum, And Charcoal... that begins with:
Humble home. But rum, and charcoal
Grog of sketches on the wall,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaba cdXd ebfc egbg Xgfg Xcbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111111 1010101 10101010 1010001 111010010 1011101 101010100 1010101 10101010 1110101 10100010 1010101 10111110 1010001 10101010 1010001 10110010 1010101 10101010 1010101 10101110 1110101 10101010 0010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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