This is an analysis of the poem The Grand Tour that begins with:
I always wished to see the world, I 'ad no chanst before,
Nor I don't suppose I should 'ave if there 'and't been no war;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXb ccdd eeff ggff bbgg hhii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101111101 11101111011011 11010101010110 111011101110111 11010101011101 10010101110111 111111111111110 1110100111111010 11111111010111 1101001011100101 11010101110101 111110111111111 11010101110111 11111101110101 1101110111011001 11110101111111 010100101011101 11011011110111 11111101110101 111101111100111 11110101011111 10111001100101 11111101110111 101010100010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (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; i, we, 'ad, to, my, i've, an', as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i've is repeated.
The author used the same word i've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Grand Tour;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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