This is an analysis of the poem King that begins with:

GIUSEPPE TOMASSI ees stylisha chap,
He wear da white collar an' cuff, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbC ccccdcdC XXXXeceC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001011001 11111011 11101111011 11011010 11111011111 11011111 11011011111 101011111 11110111011 11111111 11011011011 111001011 11111001011 11101111 11011111111 101011111 01011001111 11111101 11011011001 11011010 11011011011 11111111 11011011011 101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; da, he, lik' are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, da are repeated.

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

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