This is an analysis of the poem The Hulk that begins with:

Now, 'ere's my tip
Fer the Fusion ship,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbXccadaeeXXXeffbXb ffggggeeXXh dXiiiieeiXi fXijXfiiifi eeieeiggaXa iigbbgaabdbXaXhhhiXjXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,11,11,11,11,22,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 10101 1110111 00111 1111 111100 1111 01001 1111101 111011010101110 1001101 1111 1001 111101 10111 01111 1010101 10111 10101 010111 1111101011110010 1110101 1110 11111 1110101 1111 1111 111101 1111 0111 1011101 1110010010011011 1011101 1111 1101 110101 0111 1111 110111 1101 1101 111111 1011111111101011 1111011 1111 0111 111111 1101 1111 1010101 1111 0111 1011001 101110110111011110 1110111 1111 1101 110111 11101 1111 111111 1101 1111 1111111 1011111011100010 1110101 11111 1101 0010001 1101 11101 1111111 1101 11101 1111111 1110011011100110 1110111 10111 10101 1010001 11110 11111 011101 11111 11110 1011101 1110111011100110 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 393
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 89
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', i, 'er, 'e, 'ip are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of The Hulk;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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