This is an analysis of the poem Aunty that begins with:
I'm sorry for a feller if he hasn't any aunt,
To let him eat and do the things his mother says he can't....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddccee ffgXbb hhggbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01010100110101 01111101010111 11010100110111 01010101010110 01111101110101 101110100010111 101110101011101 111010101110111 111011101111101 111111111110101 101110101111101 111010101110101 11110110110111 101111111011101 111010101001101 111111101010111 10111101111111 11110101011101 101001101011111 11011101011101 11110101011101 111010101110001 111010101010001 011010100011001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 353
- Average number of words per stanza: 74
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, an', she, she's, you, for, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' is repeated.
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