This is an analysis of the poem Breitmann In Belgium. Gent. that begins with:

If I hat gold, as I hafe time,
I tells you how 'tvere shpent, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXXcX bbbXXXdX XeXeXfcX afXXdbeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111111 111111 110011101 0100101 1101110 0111111 111010101 111110 01011101 111101 1111010101 1111001 11011111 011101 111011101 01011 1111011 110111 110101100 100111 1111100 111111 11110101 110010 11110101 010101 11101100 111011101 11101111 111101 11111111 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; i is repeated.

    The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase he connects the lines.

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