This is an analysis of the poem Harry Carey Goodhue that begins with:

You never marveled, dullards of Spoon River,
When Chase Henry voted against the saloons ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccXadXbbbeefeadXXfeefdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010100110 11101001001 0010111011 11011101 010111111 110100010 11010111 0110111 110001001101 1111110100 1100101100010 11110101 11011101 11110101 111011 111010 11001001001 101001001 110111101 10011011 101011011 110110101 1010101010 11110101 0011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 941
  • Average number of words per stanza: 170
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; from, and are repeated.

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

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