This is an analysis of the poem Juggling Jerry that begins with:
Pitch here the tent, while the old horse grazes:
By the old hedge-side we'll halt a stage.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabacdcd eXefbgbg hfhfXiXi jkjkllll Xgggejej mgmgmeme hdXdnfnf gegehnhn fnfnhbhb cbcbeoeo jfjfpepe hnhnjaja cXcqqoqo
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101101110 101111101 011101010 1110111 1111101110 100100111 111001010 101111111 110100110 101111001 110101110 11110111 1011110010 1110011 11111110 101001001 1101101010 100110111 100111010 10111101 111111110 101101101 1001011010 111110101 1101001010 11011101 10111010010 11111101 10111111110 111101111 111011110 1001100101 1011111110 1001101101 10111110110 1001011001 1111011010 101100101 1011000110 10111111 110110110 10110111 111001010 11101111 1011110010 111111001 101011110 10010111 1101011010 11110101 111101110 1010101 1001011111 1110001 1001011111 101100111 110101110 10111101 111111110 111101101 1001110110 111111011 1101010010 1001111001 01100101 11110111 11101110 100111001 1011011110 1001001011 111011110 1110101 111111010 100101101 111111010 11100111 10110110010 100111111 10011111110 1111011001 1101011100 11101011 10111111010 11011101 1011101110 010111101 110110011010 010111111 1011001110 111100101 101101110 01110101 1111011110 10111101 10110100010 111110001 1101101110 1011111110 110111010 10111111 110111010 1111111111 100101110 110100111
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 323
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 104
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; we've, old, and, we, you, it are repeated.
The author used the same word i've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Juggling Jerry;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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