This is an analysis of the poem Lorraine that begins with:

“ARE you ready for your steeplechase, Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorree?
Barum, Barum, Barum, Barum, Barum, Barum, Baree. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaaX XXaaa XXaa Xaaa aaaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11101110101011 1010101010101 1101110101110 1101010110101 01111111110111 1010101010101 1101010101011 1010101010101 1101010110111 110110100010111 1110111101111111 011101001011 011101001110 11110101110111 0111111011111101 1101010101011 11010101111101 11010101010111 101010111110101 11010101010111 11111101111110 111010101010111 111010101110101 1111010111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 292
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; barum, to, you, he, ride, vindictive, kill, for, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, unless, that are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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