This is an analysis of the poem Some Of Farmer Stebbin's Opinions that begins with:

No, Parson, 'tain't been in my style,
(Nor none ov my relations)... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdXeX dXdbfbcX dXgfgaXabaaa fhihjheh Xkbkkfaf dbjbbaba abXXgfeX jaaalbib imdmiXfX imbmgXefgbgb lbcbcXdb XbXbkbabeXbX XfjXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,12,8,8,8,8,8,8,12,8,12,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011 1111010 11010101 1010100 1111001 1100110 11111101 1101010 11110101 0101100 11010111 1101010 11011101 0111010 0100101 1101010 01011101 1110110 11011111 1101010 11110101 1101110 01010101 1101010 11110011 1101110 11010111 01001110 11011101 0100110 11010011 0111010 1101001001 11010010 110001101 0101110 11111100 010111 01110101 0111101 11110010 1111110 01110111 1101110 01110101 1101010 111101101 1111010 11111101 0101010 11110101 0111010 01010111 1111110 01110101 01001110 11111101 1110110 11011101 1110110 11111011 1000110 11010111 1111010 10110101 0101110 11011101 1100010 11101111 1111110 11110101 0101110 11010111 1101110 11111101 1101010 11111111 0111110 11011011 1111110 1101101 1111110 11110011 1001110 11011101 1101010 11011101 0101010 11010101 1111110 0100101 11001110 11011111 0111010 11010111 1111110 11111111 0101110 11011001 1111010 01110110 1101110 11100101 0111110 11010111 0111010 01011111 0101010 11110101 1101010 110001111 1111110 11011111 0111100 11110101 0110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 116
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', with, tew, my, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, an', in are repeated.

    The author used the same word 'an' at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Some Of Farmer Stebbin's Opinions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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