This is an analysis of the poem Two-An'-Six that begins with:

Merry voices chatterin',
Nimble feet dem patterin',...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa bbcccXXdbbaa effeggXfffXcaa eecc aacceeXXhhffeeccdd aaiXddffiiXajX eecceeaaffkk cccXffiiiidd aabbjjccXXXc kkllkkddiXiifX ddiiXXeX ccXXhhii XXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,12,14,4,18,14,12,12,12,14,8,8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100 1011100 1110101 1011101 1000101 1110101 1011001 1111101 1110111 1010101 0010101 1011011 1011001 1111011 1010001 1111111 0010101 1011101 1011101 110101 1010101 1010101 1011100 1011101 1111111 1011111 1010101 11101001 1010101 1010111 11010101 1011101 1011111 1011101 1110101 1010101 1110101 1010111 1100101 1110001 1110011 0011110 0011101 1010001 1010101 1110111 1010101 1010111 1111101 1010001 1111101 1110101 1011101 1000111 1010101 1010100 1011001 1110101 1110111 1010101 1011101 1010101 1010111 1010101 1011111 1111111 1010101 1010011 1111111 1001110 0011101 1010001 1010011 111111 1010101 1110011 1111111 1111111 1111101 1011101 0011101 1011101 1011101 1110101 1010101 1111011 1011111 1010111 1011101 1011111 1110101 1011101 11010101 0110111 1010101 1010101 0111101 1010111 1111101 1010101 1110111 1000111 1111101 1111111 1111101 1111111 1011101 1111101 1110101 1111101 1111111 1111100 1111111 1011100 1110111 1110101 1011111 1111101 1110101 1011101 1111111 1111001 1110111 1111101 1111101 1110111 1111001 11010011 0010011 1010111 1000101 1010001 11101000 1010011 1010101 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 136
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, dem, of, an', so, him, we, my are repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Two-An'-Six;
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