This is an analysis of the poem Dan Wasn’t Thrown From His Horse that begins with:
THEY SAY he was thrown and run over,
But that is sheer nonsense, of course:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb deXe Xdad afcf bbXb Xfaf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111111110 11011001 111011010 1111001 011111010 01001101 010111010 01011001 1010111010 11101001 011110110 0101001 110010010 11001001 110010110 01001001 111010110 11111001 111011011 01101001 111111010 11001101 110111010 111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The author used the same word dan at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase dan connects the lines.
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