This is an analysis of the poem The Tin Bank that begins with:
Speaking of banks, I'm bound to say
That a bank of tin is far the best,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbXbdb efgffada degehaba icjcekhk flmXceme XXiedeXe lfdfhdad dfjfheaXXiegediei
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010101 101010101 1110111110 001010111 0111010100 010110111 010011101 111011101 011100101 110011111 1010010111 110100101101 11010101 111010111 101010101 010101011 01101101 11110011 111100101 0101101101 11011111 010011101 11011101 011111011 10010101 11010101 11011111 10110111 11011101 100100101 1100111001 1110111 0111001001 11010101 11011111 01010100 11011111 10110101 10101101 01010101 10110111 10101000101 10010111 100100101 11110101 11010101 111101110 110100101 110011111 101011101 110111111 1010111101 11001001001 11011101 110111101 00100111001 11010111 11010101 0100100101 10100110101 110101001 11011101 001011101 11011110 010110101 11111100 001110101 1111100101 11101111 1010111101 1011010101 110011111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 300
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; of, and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase in connects the lines.
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