This is an analysis of the poem The Great Pig Story Of The Tweed that begins with:

“Hands off, old man!” the young man cried—
They stood beside the Tweed,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaba cdaX aefE agfX hiji abgb XkXk aieiaelE ai mi lnXn afif lnin lnXn gfbX hbgb fgeg lfff cmkm lol o feee Xono naXa enan lgXg bgXX nibi dfof ngbg Xfff gaia gkik maaa bXig fgfX keXe oiai bigi gibi aXna i lal agag leie aiai blil agbX kgmg XlkXglXl Xgjg fa X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,2,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,4,2,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 110101 11010101 011101 01110101 010111 11010001 110001 11011111 111011 10100111 101111 11111111 010101 10001111 0011100 11110100 010101 11001100 110101 11011101 1101001 11110101 10101 11111100 010111 11010101 100101 01110111 110111 01000101 111101 110011111 1101001 11101001 101111 11010111 001111 11010101 010011 11001101 111101 1111000 110101 11110111 010101 11011111 110111 01000111 111101 11111101 10011 11011111 101111 10011101 110111 11011101 110101 10011101 110111 111111110 111111 11001111 010001 01010111 010111 10111101 011111 10111101 001111 11010111 110111 11011111 010111 11010111 010101 11011111 111110 11110101 110101 11110111 110111 10111111 010111 01011100 010101 10001111 110001 01000101 110101 11011100 110001 11111101 110101 11011101 110111 11010001 111111 111011010 101111 11010111 110101 1000100101 011101 01010111 010001 11111101 1101001 11010101 011101 11010001 110111 11111101 110011 11010101 010111 11010101 110111 010100111 110111 110100111 11011 11010111 111111 11011111 1111010 11110101 011101 11010101 110101 11100111 010111 11010101 010100 11011101 110101 11011111 110001 01010101 110100 11110101 0101001 101111011 111111 11011101 11111 01010101 010111 110111111 010101 11111111 010101 11111001 010001 110111101 010101 11111111 1111010 11111101 111101 11110111 110101 11111101 010111 11111101 010001 11010111 011111 11010111 010111 11110111 101111 11111111 110001 11110101 011101 11111001 110101 100010101 010001 11011111 111001 01010101 0011100 1110111 110101 10001111 110001 11101100 110111 1111101 001100 11010101 110011 01111100 111111 11111101 111110 01000100 010101 11011111 010001 1111001010 110101 11111111 010101 01001100 110011 01011101 110111 11111111 110101 01000111 101111 11010101 110101 11010111 111101 11010101 1101001 1101011 110111 110101110 010101 11011101 110111 10110111 101111 1111000 011101 00010101 010101 11110101 111111 11011101 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 61
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 238
  • 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:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, pigs, you, an', ask are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, was, an', i are repeated.

    The author used the same words whom, i, go, an' at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases pigs, got connect the lines.

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