This is an analysis of the poem Since Nellie Came To Live Along The Creek that begins with:

MY HUT is built of stringy-bark, the window’s calico,
The furniture a gin-case, one bush-table, and a bunk;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaccaXXa cdcdeefddf cgcghhagga ciciddjkkj ggggccadda jjjjeebXkbXededccacca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101010101 01000111110101 1111101010100101 101011100011111 101011110 10111110 11100111101 11111011 11101010 11101010101 11111111111101 111111101110101 111010111111111 111010101111101 10111011 11101011 111010101110 11111110 11111010 10101010011 111011110010101 101010111111111 101010111010101 10111111010111 11101010 10101010 11101011101 10101110 11100010 11101010101 111110100011101 111010101010111 101010101110101 1011111001010101 01111010 10111110 10111011111 11101110 10111110 11101110101 111110101110101 101110111110101 111011101011101 11010100110001 10111010 10101010 10101010101 10111010 10101010 11101110101 111010101110101 101111100010001 111110101010011 111011101010101 00111011 100101111 101011110101 01101011 10111110 11111110111 111010111110101 101110101011111 101110101010101 101010011011101 11110110 10111010 11111110101 10101110 11111010 10111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 484
  • Average number of words per stanza: 96
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, her, with, it, my are repeated.

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

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

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