This is an analysis of the poem Our Two Opinions that begins with:
Us two wuz boys when we fell out,--
Nigh to the age uv my youngest now;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcDC ebebacDC adadccDC dcdcfdcdXfafabcDC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111111 100111101 1101101 1110101 1110100 010110111 110010011 1110110011 110101111 10101101 1011011001 010110111 11110101 110110111 110010011 1110110011 11010111 111110101 10100111001 001011111 11111011011 11101111 110010011 1110110011 1111111000 100101111 11110111 110010111 11011111 100010111 110110011 1110010011 1101100101 1111011111 110110111 111111001 1100101001 11101101 110010011 1110110011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 290
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 40
- 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; 'nd, uv, me, went are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word him at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Our Two Opinions;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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