This is an analysis of the poem The March O' Man that begins with:

Down to work o' mornings, an' back to home at nights,
Down to hours o' labor, an' home to sweet delights;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eecc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 101110110111 1010110110101 101110110111 010010011100101 101010110101 01011101110101 0101010110101 01010101010111 11011100110101 0101110110111 0101110011001 11111111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', to, down, home, back, from are repeated.

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

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

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