This is an analysis of the poem Sari Bair that begins with:

So, they've struck their streak o' trouble, an' they got it in the neck,
An' there's more than one ole pal o' mine 'as 'anded in 'is check;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXb ccbb Xdcc eefX ffgg ffeX ddhh ddiX eegg XXcc XbXX iiee eeXg eecc cXee ccXb XbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 111111101110001 111111111110011 11011100111101 11110110110111 101110011110101 101110101110101 111110101110101 111010101110101 111101101111111 111111111110111 110111001100111 101110101111111 101110101010101 01111101111101 111011001110011 101000101110011 111111111111101 11100111110001 111011101010101 101111100010101 11110111110111 01110100100101 11011100110101 111101110011101 1010101011100101 111110101010101 111010101110011 101110101110101 11110101111111 11010101011101 110111001100101 11110001111101 11011101111101 01001111010101 11011101111111 11110101111111 111110101111101 111111101110110 111001101111111 10111000110011101 111111101111111 111110011110101 111010101110100 101110111011101 101111101111111 111001111010001 110111001100101 101111001010101 11011101111011 00110011010101 110101101010101 11110101110111 11111111111111 11110101111111 110111001100101 01110001011101 101110011110101 11110101111101 101111101011101 11011101011101 11011101111101 11011101011101 11011100010111 11010111110101 11011101010111 01011101110101 111101101010001 01111101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', we, uv, wus, wiv, to, till, 'e, sari, bair are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', till are repeated.

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

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