This is an analysis of the poem Reuben Bright that begins with:

Because he was a butcher and thereby
Did earn an honest living (and did right), ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cbcbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0111010111 0111010101 1111111101 1101011111 1111110111 1110110111 1110110111 1101010111 1101111111 0101010101 1101011111 1100010111 0011111101 0001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; and is repeated.

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

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