This is an analysis of the poem Mac O'Macorkity that begins with:

Plaze, Biddy! plaze have yez got soom cold vittles?
Yer dooar's badly 'tinded to; sure'n' I rang twoice.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXbXBB cbaX bdbdebebB XfXfgbXBB gcXchbhbB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,4,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111110 111010010111 111111110110 0101101011 10110010110 01111111101 111011110010 11111011011 1111011011 1101001101 01100001000 111110111110 1111010110110 11011110010 01101011011 110110110110 11111111111 11110110010 111010001001 101111111010 11111011011 1111011011 11011110110 11101001011 010101010100 11011011001 110000100110 11111011001 1101111100 11111011011 1111011011 11011111010 01001001001 110011011100 01001011001 11010110010 01101101101 110100111110 11111011011 1111011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 392
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Mac O'Macorkity;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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