This is an analysis of the poem London Pool that begins with:
London Pool's in London town,
Ay, boys! O boys! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAacXcD EBEeaaXD FBFfdXdD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 1111 1010101 1011101 1010101 1010100 1000101 101011 1010101 1111 1010101 11101001 1010101 1010101 10100110 101011 1010101 1111 1010101 1111111 1011111 1011110 1010101 101011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; london is repeated.
The author used the same word london at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word o at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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