This is an analysis of the poem The Drought King's Trumpeter that begins with:

Said old Pete, the Pensioner:
'I met him down the road... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcdadee XfbXXX fggXcefebb ggXXfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,10,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110100 111101 11010001 010111 011111001 011111 11011100 110111 11010101011111 1110101100111 10110101110110 10010101110101 111010111010101 110101011101011 11011100111111 11010111110111 1111111 10101 11010101 110100 11110001 110001 11011111 111101 110111110111011 01000101110001 10110100010101 01010101111111 1111111110001 1101010001001011 11111101111111 11010111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 359
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, an' are repeated.

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

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