This is an analysis of the poem The Old Fiddle that begins with:
By Chinese Charley's junk-store, by the Panama Saloon,
Where 'longshore loafers lean and spit, at morning, night, and noon, -...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AabBCXDD ccbb eeeeffbb bbbb ggccffee hhbb hhaabbff hhbb AabBCXDD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,4,8,4,8,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10110111010101 11010111110111 101010101110101 01110100110101 110011010100111 011101011101010 1010111010101 11110101010001 1000111010111 111110111111101 1000011111101 1011101000011 101011100110011 11010101110101 11100011101111 11110101010101 1011011000101 10101101011111 1010101010101 0010101000101 1010111011101 1010101111111 1010101010111 1011101000011 101111101111111 11001101111101 101011101010101 11110100110101 11010101110101 001011101110101 111010100110101 101011010101 1110111000111 1000101011101 001110101010111 1011101010011 1010101011111 11011101011101 101111101010101 1110101100101 1111101111101 1110101110101 1111111111101 1011001110101 10101001110101 1011001110101 01101110111 1010011100011 10110111010101 11110111010101 101010101110101 01110100110101 110011010100111 011101011101010 1010111010101 11110101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 357
- Average number of words per stanza: 68
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (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; and, singing, old, of, i, with, or, you, lad are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase by connects the lines.
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- summary of The Old Fiddle;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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