This is an analysis of the poem The Donkey In The Cart To The Horse In The Carriage that begins with:
I.
I say! hey! cousin there! I mustn't call you brother!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbbb X bbcc X ddee X ffgg a ccXX a ffXad aX X cchX X iiidhh X jjcX g jjaX a bbkk X cccc XXiicc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,5,2,1,4,1,6,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1111011101110 1110101111010 111111111010 11110111110 1 11111111111110 110111111010 110001111111 1111111110111 1 111111110111 11011101110101 1110101011111 11101010010111 1 10101011011001 001111111011101 11110011101101 111110111010101 1 101110100010101 111010101110101 0111100111101 01001010111011 1 1111110101101 1111110011101 1011 1 101010110 1 11111111010 1 11110101110111 00111110110111 11011111010100 1011101011111000 1 1111110011111 1111011111111 0 1 101001010101 1111111001101 1 11010111111110 10111011100010 10110101011101 110101100101 1 1111010111111010 0111101101110 1101111101011 11101011101110 1 1111111111010 1111111111010 111111111111 111111110101 1 1100011101101 111110110111 1010111111101 1001011110101 1 11111110101001 1111110110111 110101111101 1101011011101
- Amount of stanzas: 27
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; i, you, pull, your, as, he, with, and, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, you, your, there's are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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