This is an analysis of the poem The Hacking Song that begins with:
Yes, it's tryin', Mrs Gudgits. Very tryin', as you say.
To 'ave a 'usban' on yer 'an's not only night but day.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcXcX aadXceXX XaffceXX aaddcXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010101010111 01010111110111 11111101111111 111001101110110 011111111101 1110101111000 10111111110101 1011101101000 1110010110010001 111100111000101 111110001110111 1110010101111101 101111110101 1110001010100 10101011111111 1011101101000 1110101001010111 11111101010101 111110101110111 111110101011111 101111011001 1010001000100 1111111011101100 1011101101000 101011101010111 111011101101101 111011001010111 10010110111111 1011111010101 110101011000 11111101111111 1110101101000
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 459
- Average number of words per stanza: 93
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
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, an' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word youmidity at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Hacking Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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