This is an analysis of the poem Grandfather Bridgeman that begins with:
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'Heigh, boys!' cried Grandfather Bridgeman, 'it's time before dinner to-day.' ... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: a XXbXcX X aaddee X ffggdd X hhiihh a eXjjff a ccccbb X bXXkff X bbffii X XjbbcX i cXiibX a cXllii X iXffbb X aaXfbX X bbaaee X XammbX X mmiXbb X dXkXaa X eXnnbb X kiiijj X Xbcckk X ddXchh X kkccdd X oommll X ccbbbb X ccdddX X bbcXff X ddbbff X aXpphX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 1111101011011001 1100101011001010 11101001111001001 110011110110100010 01111110110011011 11001101011101011 1 1101110110111011 11011101100101 110101001101001 011010110111101 1011101101001001 111001001001001011 1 1100101001001101 0100110100101101 01001001001101101 01011001011001101 11001001101101101 01001101011101011 1 11001001001011011 0101001011001001 110101011001011 11011101011011001 11001101011101111 11001001011011100 1 01101101001011101 1011101001001101 11101001001011001 010100100101001 11010010101101101 110011110101001 1 111101100101001 0110111011101010 1111101111010001 11001001001001101 1111011011101101 1101111111101111 1 110111111001101 0100101011111110 1101111101001010 1101011011001101 1111110111001 1101111011111011 1 1100101111101001 1101110110001101 0101010011011011 011100100111101 1100101101001001 0100011011001001 1 101101001011001011 011101001001001 11001001101001011 1101101011001101 011111111011111 11011101111001001 1 011100101101001 11010110110110010 0111011001111001 01011001001111101 110101001101011 111010110111111010 1 11111011001001001 111110100101010 0101101111111001 11001011011111011 111110100101001 11001001011001001 1 11010100101001 010010101111011 1111001011101001 01001110110101011 1100101011101001 11001011011111101 1 11100111010110100 1110011111011011 111011010100111010 11111101011011001 1111101011111001 1100111011101011 1 0111111001011001 01011101111011001 111101111010011 1110101010001001 111110000111011 11101011001011011 1 1101111001101001 01001001001011001 0100111011011011 010101001101001 1111101101001111 10111001011111110 1 1101111101011011 110110111011111101 0111101011011001 1111011001101101 11101010111110101 1100111011001101 1 11011011001111101 1111101101101001 1111111101001001 1101100100101101 11101001001011011 11011101011011001 1 11011101001011111 11101011111011001 1101100111001001 11011101011111101 11011011011111111 11111001001101011 1 111111011001100 11101001011101001 11011011011101111 11001011111101011 11011111011011011 01011001011011101 1 1110001001001011 111101111111011 11011111011001001 01001101011001111 111111001111011 01011001101111101 1 110101101111001 1111011011110001 110111010111110100 11011011101101011 1110111011011101 111011011110111011 1 1111101001011001 11101001011111111 1101111011001001 11111101011001111 0101101001101101 11011011011111001 1 1100111101011111 11101111101111101 1111111011011011 01011011111101111 11101001011111111 1101011001011101 1 0100111011101111 01011001011111001 0110111011001001 11001101111101101 111111011101001 01011011010001001 1 11001001001101001 01001001011001001 110101011011111 11101011011101011 0101111001011011 110111010111110010 1 11011101011010001 11011101101101011 1101111011101001 1110110111011010 11101011111011011 11101001001011011 1 11011101101101101 01101011001111111 01001001011101101 01101001010101101 11111011001011001 11101111011111001 1 111010010111001001 11101111011110110 01010101101011 110001001010001 01101001011011001 011101101111101 1 1110100101111111 01111111011111101 11111110111101 1100101101001001 110101011011111 00101001011011001 1 110111000001001 01011011011001101 11001001011011101 1111101011101111 01111101001001101 110101001001011 1 11011001011111011 11101001001001111 010010010011001001 1110101001001101 1111011110110111 01101001001011001 1 1100111001011011 010111100101001 10001010110001001 11101011011011101 10011101111001011 110010101110101 1 1111101111011101 11010101111001 0101111111111001 0101101001101011 110101001001001 1101111001001101 1 11011001011101101 0111000101011000 01001011001001001 111101011001001 110101011011001 111101111011101 1 11101011011110101 1101101011111001 110010010101011001 1111001110101001 11101011011101011 1011101101111011 1 1100101011011011 110101101011001 11111101011011001 0111110011001011 0110101111011001 011110011110110010
- Amount of stanzas: 72
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 253
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ', of, and, she, you, her, he, that, it, back, to, i, his, old, letter, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, the, and, his, he are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
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- summary of Grandfather Bridgeman;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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