This is an analysis of the poem The Secret Whisky Cure that begins with:
’Tis no tale of heroism, ’tis no tale of storm and strife,
But of ordinary boozing, and of dull domestic life—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbb ddbb XXbb eebb ccbb ddbb bbbb ffbb ggbb hhXb iibb bbXb Xccbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111010101110111 101010101010101 001010101110101 101010101010101 101011111110101 101111101110011 101010101110001 101010101110101 1010101011010101 101011101011101 001000101010001 11111111111101 11111111010101 11111111011110 111000101000101 101010101010101 111110101010111 101000101010111 1111111010101 111010101111101 110111010010100 111011101111111 101010100110111 111010100110101 111100101010101 111010101010101 111110101111101 101011101110101 11101111110011 011010110010111 111001101011101 10111100010101 111111101010111 100110101110001 111010111110111 011000100010101 11110101010101 111100100010101 111011101011001 101011101010001 111010101010101 101111110010101 111010111010110 00101010111101 1010100101010101 111011101010001 101110101010001 11111101010101 101111101111101 11110100010101 111011101110111 111010100010101 101011101110101 101000100110111 111110101011101 111010100010101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 58
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (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, tale, to, she, her, cure, for, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same words twas, and, he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word cure at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase smile connects the lines.
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