This is an analysis of the poem Accorjins that begins with:

Where have the old accorjins gone?
I was askin' the coves at the Show;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcded bfgXehehXh XiXijfjfXf XXafgegeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001 111001101 100111001 101001011 11011111001 101001011 10101101101 110101 1110 1101001 11011001 1110101 1111001011 1111101 110011111 0011101 110100111 10101111 101 11001101 100111001 1101001 11011111 10100101 10101111 111001 1110100001 0111101 1010 1101101 1001011100 110111 111111101 1100101 111010111 00100111 110111001 10110101 1110 01001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 331
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an' is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word for is repeated.

    The author used the same word where at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Accorjins;
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