This is an analysis of the poem News In Daly's Bar that begins with:

In Daly's Bar, when night is come, and the lighted gas-lamps glow,
All red and gold the drinks do shine, and the glittering taps a-row,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa bbX ccc dddccc aaa eeX bXdbXXX eeX bbb eeX aaX ffX ggX hhX XeX ddd ccc ccc eee bbb iii aXa eeeXaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,6,3,3,7,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 010111011010111 1111011110100101 111010101010111 11010111010111 01111111110111 110010101110100 110011101010001 1100101010010101 101000101110111 11111111110111 001010101111101 11110101110101 110010101010101 01110111011011 1110101011010111 111111111010101 1101010100100101 110101010011101 11111101111101 11110100111101 11110101110111 10001001 10 1010101 1101 10 111101 110001011101110 1001101110011101 1111110111111 01110101110110 11111101110101 11110101111101 101110001110101 11110101110101 11110101111111 110011111110111 110101010010111 01011101110111 111010100111101 1111111011001110 110111011110110 111101111011100 11010101110101 11010101110111 110111011111111 11111101101111 11111111111111 101111101111101 11111001001110101 11011111111011 11011101110101 11010101111111 011101011011101 101100101111111 11011111111001 11010101011101 1110101010010101 110100011010001 10111001101010101 111011101111101 10110101111111 01010101110101 111011111110101 11111111011101 111111111011101 110011101110111 11111111111111 01011101111111 11110101111101 001010101011101 101010010011010101 101011101110111 111100110111111 1010110011010101 1010100011011001 10100101111101 011101011010111 01110101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, come, or, in, i, he, to, an', ', of, him, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i, the are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, 'shipmates, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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