This is an analysis of the poem The Old Camp-Oven that begins with:

WE DON’T keep a grand piano in our hut beside the creek,
And I’m pretty certain Hannah couldn’t bang it, anyhow,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabcdcd efefgbgb hdhdijij Xhchffff dkdkelelXefefdfdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010100110101 11101010110101 1111101011110101 10101101010101 0111101000101010 111011101010110 1111111010101010 111010101110101 00101010 10010101 11111110 1010101 10111010 1010101 10111010 1011101 101111110010101 101011111010101 1110101010101001 101110100100111 111010101110101 101110101111101 111111101110111 001000101010101 100101010 1010101 100100110 1010111 11101010 1011101 11101010 1010101 001011101110101 101000101011111 111011101010101 101010101110111 011000101011111 1011001101110111 101010101101101 101110101010001 10101010 10010111 10101010 1010101 01101001 1010001 10101000 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 369
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; it, and, sizzle, i, be, ll, bubble are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Old Camp-Oven;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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