This is an analysis of the poem A Ballad For Elderly Kids that begins with:
Now this is the ballad of Jeremy Jones,
And likewise of Bobadil Brown,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcXde fgfghXij FkXkcfaf XhihlXli XfeXXfXf XemeXeme fhehdfdf enenihah mhkhdoeo jajakfcf mabapqpq miiiqeXe aibifdfd cacaXXidXFacadaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10001001001 11101001 0011010111100 1101111 01101001001 101011001 101101101101 101001011 10001001101 11111011 101001011000 11001001 11001101011 101001011 101101001101 11001101 1111011010 11101001 1010110110010 11001011 10001001001 101101101 010110110010 01011011 110011010010 111001011 11101001001 111001011 111101011101 101001001 101001011001 11101111 011010011110 111101001 111001001001 10100100110 1010100101 101101011 11011101101 11111011 110110111010 11001001 111110101110 11101001 1101111001 101001001 1110010010010 11001011 11101011011 101001011 101111111101 01101111 101001011101 101001001 111011111001 111111001 11011011001 101001001 11001001001 11001001 101111011011 101101011 1111110110010 0101111 11011010010 01001001 101001101001 111101001 1101101101 101101111 1110010111010 11111001 11001101011 01011101 11101001001 101001001 110110110110 11001001 1111110110010 11011101 010010111010 01001001 111010010010 110010011 110010010010 010101 110110010110 11011001 11011011110 1011101 111011111101 101011101 110111101 001001101 11001111001 101111001 10001001001 01001101 010011111 101001001 10001001000 001101011 11111011101 01011001 01101001001 01001101 01001101001 001001001 01011111001 111011010 111101011101 111011001 1111011010 11001001 11011101101 11011101 011011110011 11001111 110110110010 11011001
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 322
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 120
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, to, for, its, ', she, he, his, where, we, us are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he, of, a are repeated.
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