This is an analysis of the poem Mules that begins with:
I never would 'ave done it if I'd known what it would be;
I thought it meant promotion an' some extra pay for me,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb cccc ddcXXc dXee ccee ddXXXcccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11011100111010 11010101110111 11110111011101 111110101111101 11011101011001 111011101110101 101010100110111 101010111010011 01010101011101 111011100110101 11110101010111 110 1 1101110101 1111110111111 11010111110111 11110101110111 111010001100001 111011101011101 11010101110101 001100101011001 101100101010111 1100010110101 1101010110101 11110101111101 11111100110111 11011101011001 1110111011101 101011100110111 1010111110010011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 55 (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; i, it, i'd, an', mule, o', bit, when, they're, with, in, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word they're at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word mule at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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