This is an analysis of the poem The Right Family that begins with:

With time our notions allus change,
An' years make old idees seem strange- ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcdXeefX ggbchhbbfX ddbbbbffXi ffbbXijjkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01110101 10111011 11011111 11110100 11110111 11011111 11010111 01011101 01111111 11011101 10011101 11010101 11111101 11010100 01111100 01111101 110101001 01010111 01110111 11011101 11011101 11011101 11011101 11010001 11010111 11010101 11010101 01111101 111111110 11111111 11100111 11111101 11010101 11011101 11110110 01110101 11111111 11010101 01110101 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 350
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; an', to, we, or are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, an' are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Right Family;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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