This is an analysis of the poem Kelly Ingram that begins with:

His name was Kelly Ingram; he was Alabama's son,
And he whistled 'Yankee Doodle,' as he stood beside his gun;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddddaa eeeeffXaaccbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01110101110101 11101101110101 111000111111001 111010101010001 111010111110101 111010101010111 101010101110101 111011101010001 111110100010101 111000101010101 101110110010101 1110101011110111 001110101011101 001110101010111 101010101110101 01010101110101 011110110110101 10010101011101001 011110101110011 110101010111001 111100101111101 111011101110101 111110101110101 101010101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 369
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (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; his, he, and, to are repeated.

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