This is an analysis of the poem Wapping: Conversation Piece that begins with:
‘Lo, Ginger . . . ‘lo, Mike . . .
Where you been this long while...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb a ccddee fbfbcggbcf Xfhaha
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,6,10,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011 110011 11111001 101 11100011 1011011011 1100111111 10111110 1011001010 1111101 1011101 1110110110001 1010011101 111 1 1101011101 11010110101011 11110111 0101011101101 1111111001 11111 1101010011101 11 1111011010111 11011101101 1101 11110111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines em is repeated).
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- summary of Wapping: Conversation Piece;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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