This is an analysis of the poem The Bar-Room Patriot that begins with:
Why, 'ow's she goin', Bill, ole sport?
I thort I knoo your dile!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbb XaXacc aaaabb XXXdee babadd fXfghh bifijj kakXjj bdbdXg bhbhXg dddXll ibibcc gjXXbb XXXXXj jfjfjjjajaXa jgXgbb Xagajj lcXcbb bXbcgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,12,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 111111 11110101 110111 11011111 01111101 10011111 111111 11011001 11001 01010111 01010101 11110111 110101 11010101 110111 11110101 11011101 11110110 110011 11011111 010101 11110111 11010101 11010101 111111 01010111 011101 11011111 01011111 11111101 010001 01110111 110111 11110111 11110101 110010111 111101 11111101 111101 01010111 01111101 11111111 111101 11110111 110001 11111111 11111101 101011101 010101 01011111 111101 11000111 11011101 11111101 110101 11010101 111111 01010111 11011101 1101111 110101 11011111 0101111 11110011 11100101 11110111 110101 11110101 011101 11110111 110110101 11111101 1100111 11001101 010111 11000101 11111101 11010101 010111 10110110 1110101 11011111 10011111 01110101 110001 11110101 111101 11010101 11111111 100100101 11111 01010111 010101 11010101 1000101101 11111001 110111 11111111 111111 11011101 10010101 11011111 111111 10100101 110111 1101011 11000101 110111011 011110 110111000 111111 11011111 101011101 11011101 110101 11110111 1111011 11110111 110101001
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 120
- 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; i, to, 'ere, an', you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', i are repeated.
The author used the same word well at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word beer at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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