This is an analysis of the poem The Hoosier that begins with:

We lads that live up in the nobs,
Tho' our manners might yet bear a rubbing,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXbcbadedefgfgdcdaXeXehbhbibib
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111001 1110111010 11011101 1110110110 111001001 111111110 11111101 1011110010 110001001 010110011 111101001 010010011 11011101 111110110 111111011 1111111110 11111011 0110011110 101001011 0111110110 11111001 011111011 111001001 111111011 1101101 010011010 10100011001 110110010 11101011 110111110 11111011 1011111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 237
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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, our, as are repeated.

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  • summary of The Hoosier;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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