This is an analysis of the poem With Brutus In St. Jo that begins with:
Of all the opry-houses then obtaining in the West
The one which Milton Tootle owned was, by all odds, the best;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXccdd aaeeXXdD ccddffdD gghhggdX aaiieedd eeaaggdd hhaaggdd bbXcaadd iieejjdd aaeekkdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01010101010001 01110101111101 11011111010101 1110110010000111110 01010101011101 1010101001111101 11110101010111 111011101011111 11011100111101 1101110110111 110111000101001 010100101010101 11011111111101 11110101010101 010101011101001 1101010010011 111111010010101 01010110111111 111011111010001 11100100101100101 1111010110101 110101011110101 11011111011001 1101010010011 01110001110101 101010101110100 11011100110101 011000101110101 11010100011111 11010100010111 11010100010101 11010100100110 11111111010101 110101000010101 11010101110101 110001000100001 111101000100101 1101011010101 11110100110001 1101010010011 10110100010101 11101010011011 101011100111101 11000100010111 11010111111101 01101100110101 1101010110011 101001110010011 11010101110011 110100101111101 11110101011101 011000111110101 110010101010100 0101101010111111 11011101110111 11111001010011 11010101110101 01000101010101 01111101010100 01010111110110 010010101110111 11011101110111 11011100001101 111110001010111 110101100101001 11011101110101 11011101110101 11111111110001 111101011001 11010100010101 11110111111111 01010111010011 11110101010101 11010100010101 11010110110101 11010011011111 111101011100101 11010101110111 11111101110101 11111010010011
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 458
- Average number of words per stanza: 85
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
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; and, when, to, we, of, that, my, i, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 't, we, our, and, that are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word jo at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of With Brutus In St. Jo;
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