This is an analysis of the poem Out At Pelletier's that begins with:

OUT at Pelletier's where the blooded pigeons fly,
An' the tony Shetland ponies romp and play, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbc dbdbacac Xeceafaf fgfghchX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111001010101 10101010111 101110111110101 10111010101 1010111000110101 10111010011 001001101011101 10101110100 111001110101 11101110001 101000101010101 110011001 111010100010101 10100010001 001011000010101 10101010111 001000101011100 00100010101 101010101110100 11100010101 11110101010111 10101011101 1110010111010011 00101010111 0110100101010101 11001010001 111010101010101 10101010101 011011101110001 01101110011 100110101010101 1101111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 419
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; at, an', in, of, o', he, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it's, is are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Out At Pelletier's;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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