This is an analysis of the poem Ph. Best & Co.'s Lager-Beer that begins with:
In every part of the thrifty town,
Whether my course be up or down,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabCdX eeffee ffffaX ddgghX eeCbdd iijjaa ccddhh kkddcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100100101 10110111 011101101 100101111 0111111 101011011 111111001 00100111011 0010110101 1101001101 011100101 110111101 10110101101 0010011101 1100100101 111111101 000101001 0110100111 1010010101 001011111 11001011001 100110111 1011100101 111101111 110110111 0101101111 100101111 010101101 011111111 010100101 11110111 111011101 1010010111 111011011001 110111111 110101101 110111101 1111111101 110110100 01110111 0100100101 1101100101 1100100101 10100110101 11010101 1010111101 111111101 1110111101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.
The author used the same word or at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Ph. Best & Co.'s Lager-Beer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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