Poem Analysis of Corporal Schnapps by Henry Clay Work for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Corporal Schnapps that begins with:

Mine heart ish proken into little pits,
I tells you, friend, what for;... full text

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Rhyme scheme: XaXabcdc eXXX XeXeefXf XgXgfhcX Xafafdhd XaXacdbd
Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,8,8,8,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1111000101 111111 1101110101 1101111111 1110110011 11011111 1111111001 111110101 11101111001 111111010001 111110 11110 1111110011 111101 1111110101 110010011 1111111101 111111111 1111010011 111111 11011110101 011111 111011111101 111111101 11011110101 110111 1101111011 110010 1111110011 111111 1111011111 110101 1111001011 1101011 1100110101 111111 101001110111000 111111 1101110101 111111111 0101110101 011111 111111011 011101
Amount of stanzas: 6
Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
Average number of words per stanza: 50
Amount of lines: 44
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; i, der, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines pehind is repeated).

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Corporal Schnapps by Henry Clay Work: poem analysis

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