This is an analysis of the poem Godly Ballants that begins with:
I.-THIS SIDE AN' THAT.
The rich man sat in his father's seat-...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a abab cdcd XcXc Xebe aXaX dada X cXXX fXfX X gXgh biXX giXX giXi gXXX Xi fXi bXbX fgXX idiX X Xjaj jXji XXiX kXkd dXdh hdhX dbdb X blbl XXfX gXgX XXdX XXiX XacX babX XXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,2,3,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111 011100101 101101101 0111101101 11101101 0011101101 100101111 0111111101 1101101101 10111011 110111001 10011110 1001111001 0111111011 010101011 1010110101 1101101001 01100101101 11011101 101011111111 11100111101 01011110 1111011101 10101110111 10110101011 10110 1011011011 011110101 101100110 010110111 111110111 101101011 1011010111 01101011101 11110 1110001001 0110101 0111111001 0111101 1101011101 1101101 111011111 1111011 110100101 1110011 11101011 111001010 11110101 101111 11010101 11100101 11110011 111010 110111101 1101011 11001011010 10110111 1 10101110 1100101 1100111011 00110101 1111111101 1100111 110111110101 101011 1101110110 1111111 11111011001 00101111 101101001 11101010 11101 110101111 0111101101 110101101 010110101 11111011 1110101110 1100111101 10010111 1111101001 10111101 0110111111 111111001 1011111101 1001111110 1100100111 1110110101 10110110101 111111001 110111101 011111011 011101101 10110111001 1111010111 1101001010 110100101 10100101 111011111 0101011011 10110 01110111 1101010 11011101 1111110 01111110 0101010 11011111 1101010 11110101 1101111 11011111 0111011 11101010 0111010 1011111 1101010 11100101 11010010 10010111 0101010 11100110 1101110 11111101 1001111 11011001 0101010 11110011 1101100 11010111 1011110 01011101 0111010
- Amount of stanzas: 38
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 134
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; an', man, they, he, for, o' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, the, and are repeated.
The author used the same words the, by, he 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 Godly Ballants;
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