This is an analysis of the poem A Derry On A Cove that begins with:

’Twas in the felon’s dock he stood, his eyes were black and blue;
His voice with grief was broken, and his nose was broken, too;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd aabb eeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10010111010111 01011101011101 11011101110101 01010111010101 11010101110111 01010111010111 11010111110111 01010111010101 11110111110111 11011111111101 111101011100101 01010111010101 11110101110101 11011111111111 11010101110111 11110101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 317
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, he, broken, it, t, to are repeated.

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