This is an analysis of the poem Going Into Breeches that begins with:

Joy to Philip, he this day
Has his long coats cast away,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXddeebXXfddccccffffggeeeehhiiffeejjddggkkbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1011101 1010101 1010101 1001101 1100110 1100101 1110101 1000101 1010101 1011101 0110100 1011111 1110010 10101110 10111110 1111111 1110101 1010101 0110101 11101010 11101010 1010111 1011101 1010111 1111101 10111111 11111011 10111110 10101010 1010101 1011101 1011101 0110101 0110111 0011101 1010101 1100101 11101010 10111010 1011111 1011101 1011101 0010001 0111101 1010101 0111101 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1462
  • Average number of words per stanza: 276
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; he, his are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Going Into Breeches;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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