This is an analysis of the poem The Lights Of Cobb & Co. that begins with:

Fire lighted; on the table a meal for sleepy men;
A lantern in the stable; a jingle now and then; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a a b b c X d d X X e e X f d d a a b b f f d d e e g g f f d d h h f X c c d d i i j j e e dXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10101010011101 0100010010111 0111010111111 0101010010001 0100010010101 011001101010100 101110101100110111 110100101011111 1101010010111 11010110011010110 0100010110101 0111010111101 010101011001010 0101010010101 1101011111111 01010101011111 0101110011111 0101110111101 0101010110111 1111110010101 0111010111101 0101110010101 0111110110111 01100101111111 1101110110111 0101110111101 0111110111111 11110101011101 110010011010101 1101010110101 0101100010110111 11101111111111 1101010110111 0111110110101 0111010110101 111101001000010 0101010010101 1101010111101 1101010011101 11010101111111 11010100111111 1111010111101 1111010111111 1101010110101 1101110110101 1111110110111 1101111111111 010101101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 48
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 60
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, trot, for, cheer, on, where are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, a, to, five are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, a, to, five at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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