This is an analysis of the poem Duck An' Fowl that begins with:

Now, when a bloke 'e cracks a bloke fer insults to a skirt,
An' wrecks a joint to square a lady's name,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaa cXXcdd efefXX ghXXcc cicibb fgfgaa ahahbb chchjj ghghXi ikikaa kcXcaa fdfdXX cXcXaa babXbb aaXaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011101101001 1101010101 11010100111101 10100011111 10101100110011 11010111110101 011011111010101 10100010101 111010100110101 10100010101 101010101010101 110010101111111 10110101110111 11011100011 11111101110101 11101010111 11011101010101 101110101010101 101110101110101 10101110101 11010101110100 1101110101 11011101010011 11110111010111 111110101011101 10101010101 11101111110101 11110111101 1111110101110111 101110101011101 11010101110101 101001110111 101111101011101 11111010101 111011101010101 11010101111011 101010101110101 10101111101 101111101011101 1011101101 11011101110111 11011111110101 11011101111101 10111010111 11010111010001 10111011101 110101011111101 11110101111101 101100101010111 10111110101 11111101110111 1111110001 101010101010111 1011101101110101 11110011110101 1111111111 11111111110101 1101010111 11110111110101 11001101010111 11010101110101 101110111000 1101100110101 0111011101 11111111110101 11010101110111 111111010111011 10101010101 111010101111111 10111011001 01110101110001 11100111011111 1101011011101 11101010111 1110101101010101 1101010101 111011101010111 11010101011101 11011010110101 1001011001 01011101111101 1101110101 11111001010101 11011111110101 01110111001101 11101011101 101001101110101 0111011011 101011101010101 00101101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 337
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (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; an', to, it, 'is are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Duck An' Fowl;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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