This is an analysis of the poem Granny Discovers Another Tiger that begins with:
That's him!! The authentic, identical beast!
The Unionist tiger, full brother to 'Sosh'!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbXcX adeedcc XfXgfhh XaXeaee hhXehgg hhgghaa haeeaii hcaacaa fXaahXX afbbfcc aXbbXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001001001 01001011001 1110101 100101 1101001011 111110110110 111011010110 01001001001 11001101101 110100 101100 1011000001 000100100100 100100100100 11110001001 111011011001 101000 100100 1001001001 1011110010 10110110100 1101000101 01001101011 101000 100100 1001001011 1110011111010 0100100100110 110100101 110001001001 00110 110100 1001001001 101011110011 111011000111 01001001011 1110100101 100100 1000100 1001001011 111110010010 010010011110 01001001001 110010010110 100100 110100 11011111011 111110010010 110011101010 1110101001 1110010011110 010100 100100 00110111110 0100100100110 111101100110 11001001001 1100010110110 111100 110100 11010010110 1100010111000 111010010010 11001001001 01001111101 01111001 110101 1101111001 101110110010 010010010110 01001001001 11111001001 110101 101101 1101001001 101100100100 000101100100
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 87
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; him, his, for, and, of are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him, us, it are repeated).
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