This is an analysis of the poem Tinkerin' At Home that begins with:
Some folks there be who seem to need excitement fast and furious,
An' reckon all the joys that have no thrill in 'em are spurious....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddaaeecc ffggddcc hhXaggff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110110101011100 1101011111001100 1111001011101110 111100110101110 11010111111111 111100111100101 11011101110101 1101011111100001 01010101010101 110101111100100 11010101110101 11010101010111 111101111101001 111101110100101 01010101110101 11110101110101 111110101110111 11111110111101 111101110010111 11010101100101 01010101100111 11011101110101 11110100011001 11011100010101 11010101010101 11110101010101 110001010101011 101010101010101 1010010011110101 011011101011111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 450
- Average number of words per stanza: 88
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', i, my, i'd, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', i'd are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word home at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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