This is an analysis of the poem The Stoush O' Day that begins with:
Ar, these is 'appy days! An' 'ow they've flown
Flown like the smoke of some inchanted fag;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedXee fdfXaX ghghii XeXeee egegjj gkXkee ililXi iXieaa jgXgaa mnmnaa glglff gXgXee dodoee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 1101011111 1101011001 1101010111 1101111101 11010111001 1011011001 0111100101 1100010101 1000110001 1100011111 1101111101 1101111101 0111110101 11110100101 01110100001 11110101101 1101110101 11110111111 1011010101 0101110111 1111011101 1100111111 1111010101 0110110101 1101111001 1111010111 0111100101 1101111001 0101010011 1001110101 11010010111 0101011101 110101100 1101100101 0101110011 1010011111 0101010101 1101011111 1111110101 1101110101 11010111101 1111011101 1101111101 1110111101 0101110001 1111000101 1101011110 1101010111 1101111111 01010101110 0101011101 1111110101 1111011101 1111010101 0101011101 1001010101 11011011110 11011010101 1101010001 1011111011 110111101 1111010101 11001110001 1101100111 1101011101 1111010101 1111010101 1101000101 1111000101 1111010101 1101111101 1101110111 0101011001 1001010101 0111001101 1101010011 11011101001 1111000111 1111111001 1011111101 1101110101 1111110101 1111110111 0101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 84
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; 'is, an', 'e are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word 'e is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase flown connects the lines.
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