This is an analysis of the poem Billys 'square Affair' that begins with:
Long Bill, the captain of the push, was tired of his estate,
And wished to change his life and win the love of something ‘straight’;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbb aabb ddbb bbbb eebb ccbb ffbb ggbb hhbb XXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110100011100001 11010111010101 11010101111101 11110100110101 11010100010101 01010101110001 11000100010111 11010101110101 11010101110111 0111011111101 11110101100101 11010101010101 11100101110111 10010101010101 11110111110101 110010101110101 11010101011101 11011101111111 10010101110111 11010101110101 01100101110101 11111101110100 01010101111011 01010111010101 11000111110111 1110101010101 11000111111101 11010111010101 01111111010101 11010101010111 01111111110101 11010101010101 11110101011101 110111110010111 11011101011101 01111101110101 0101110011100001 11010111010101 01010101010101 111100111010101 11010101010101 1101010101111 11010001010001 10010100110101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, his, streak, crimson, he, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, he, and, the are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word affair at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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