This is an analysis of the poem The Squatter, Three Cornstalks, And The Well that begins with:
There was a Squatter in the land—
So runs the truthful tale I tell—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab X cdcd e eeee e fgfg e dXdf e fefe e hihi E eXej e eded e eded e kdXd E jdjd e kbkX e blglg X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,5,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010001 11010111 11001111 11010101 101011101111111111 01011101 01110101 01011101 11011100 100011011 010100111 01010111 11110101 11110101 1010000011 11110101 11110111 01111111 01011101 101011 01110101 01111100 11111101 01010111 10100011101 11011111 01011111 11010111 11010111 1010011 11010101 11011101 0101101 1110101 1010011101 01110111 01010101 11010111 111010101 1010011101 11110001 0111101 11011101 11110101 10100110011101 01110111 01010101 01011101 0101110 10011011101 11011101 01011111 11010111 11010101 1010011101 01010111 11001101 10110111 11110101 1010011 0111010101 11010001 0111101 1101010 10010011101 10 10010011 01000111 11111011 1110001 1011001101110111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 28
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 71
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; there, sin, and, full, of, moral are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words there, the are repeated.
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- summary of The Squatter, Three Cornstalks, And The Well;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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