This is an analysis of the poem The Other Fellow that begins with:

Whose luck is better far than ours?
The other fellow's....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAaAbbbCdCdCeeeCfCfCgggCgCgCeeeC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 01010 111111010 01010 10011101 11010101 11110101 01010 11011111 01010 11010111 01010 11110111 11111101 10011111 01010 11010111 01010 11011101 01010 11010101 01010111 11011101 01010 11111101 01010 11110101 01010 11011111 110001001 01101111 01010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 920
  • Average number of words per stanza: 178
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; who, we, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word who is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines he is repeated).

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