This is an analysis of the poem Termarter Sorce that begins with:

It wasn't kid stakes. I 'ad no crook lurk
To act deceivin', or to treat 'er mean.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeff gcgchX dadaff icfXcX eaXXXi jkjkXe ijiXaa lblbaa dcdcbb mXmeii mfifaa eieijX mlmlhh llllbb caXacc eaeXjj eXXXXX bjbjee lnlnhX Xeieff gcgcXX lXlfll bhbheX XbXbXl XieiXX eleljj fifimX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101111111 0110010111 0101010111 1001 0101101111 1101110111 1011011111 0101110101 0100010111 1111 1111011111 0100011101 0101011001 1101010011 1011010101 1111 1111010101 1111111101 1111010101 1110011101 1101110111 1101 1101110111 1111011111 111111011111 1111111111 1101011101 10110 1101011111 11011110010 1111110101 1111110111 1111011100 11110 1110010100 1111011101 1111111101 1111110101 1101011111 1111 1111011101 1111110111 1111100101 1110010011 1010010101 0101 1111111111 0111110111 0101110101 1101010101 1100100001 1101 0101111101 1101001111 010101011 1101011101 1111011111 1101 1011010111 1001111101 1011010101 1101110111 1101010101 11001 1101111101 1101010101 1110111101 1101111111 11110101011 1111 1110111101 1111010101 11110101101 0111110111 1111000101 1111 1100110101 1101110111 1011111111 1111011111 1101111101 1101 01111100111 1101110111 1111111111 1111010111 1111110111 1011 1111110001 1111010101 1111111111 011111101 1110111001 1111 1111111101 1100110001 1101011111 1111100111 1101110101 0110 1111011001 1101111111 1111101111 11000111110 11001111111 11100 1101111011 1111011111 1111010111 1111010001 1111110101 1101 0011010011 1110010101 1111010101 1111111011 111010101 1111 1101101111 110111011110 1111111101 1101010101 1101010101 1101 1111110111 1011111101 1111110101 1111100101 1100111101 1101 1011111111 0011111101 10011111011 1111110111 1111101111 11001 1111010111 0101110101 111110110101 1011110101 1111010111 1101 1111011111 1101011110 1111011101 1111001101 1101100111 0101 11110111010 0101101111 11011111111 1101110111 1111111111 1011 1011001110 1111011101 1101010111 0111010101 1111011111 1111 1101101101 1111111111 0101010101 1101111001 0111110111 1101 1000010011 11011101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 168
  • 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; to, in, she, me, ', i, 'er, an' are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, an', she, i, yeh are repeated.

    The author used the same words it, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases sticks, that connect the lines.

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