This is an analysis of the poem When Pa Gets Back that begins with:

I'M allus glad when my Pa gets back
From the shu-shu cars and the railroad track,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbXX ccXXddaa eebbbbeX ffbbXXgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 010111111 0011110111 1011111101 11010111110 1111111111 111110111 0100101111 011111101 1110110101 111011111 1111100110 111110101 11100110111 011111111 011111111 010100111 1100110101 1010100101 10101111101 110100101 10100111101 11100111110 1011110101 111011100 11111111101 1100101101 1011110111 10101101011 1011010101 11101111100 1111110111 111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 325
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, an', i are repeated.

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

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