This is an analysis of the poem My Proud Pa that begins with:
I'SPOSE the big head bendin' over my crib
Is my Pa. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaBcccB dBdBcccB eBeBdddb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011101011 011 1111011011 011 1101111111 111011001011 101111001011 011 11101001111 011 11101011100 011 101011111110 101001011101 101111001011 011 11101011101 011 11101111001 011 11011001001 01011111011 101011101011 111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, that are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word pa at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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