This is an analysis of the poem Jabed Meeker, Humorist that begins with:
Twain? Oh, yes, I’ve heard Mark Twain
Heard him down to Pleasant Plain;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeff gghhcc iXjjgg ffeXiXgXiXiikkiXXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,19,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 1110101 1011111 1011101 1010111 110111 1010101 1010111 11111010 11111010 1111101 0110111 1111111 01100100 1100111 10010101 1010101 1010101 1010011 1110010 110111 1111001 111111 1110111 1010111 1001101 11101110 11101100 11101011 1111100 10010101 1011100 1111101 1111100 1111101 1110111 1011111 1010111 1111111 1010101 1111111 1111101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; right, that are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase that connects the lines.
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- summary of Jabed Meeker, Humorist;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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