This is an analysis of the poem A Fable that begins with:
Two fellers, Isrel named and Joe,
One Sundy mornin' 'greed to go... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ccbbbbdd eeffbXeecc bXXXcXcc eecccX XgXXXX aahhcXee ggbbhhXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,10,8,6,6,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 11010101 100110111 11010010 11110001 11010011 11010101 111111001 110111011 101111110 11100111 11100100 111101101 11011101 11111101 11010111 11010111 11110101 11111101 01110111 11101001 11110101 01110101 11100001 10111101 11110111 110111111 110101110 11011101 11011101 11111101 010111011 111101010 111100110 11011101 11010111 1111001 10110110 110101110 110101010 110110010 11111111 11010101 111111110 11010011 11010101 11111101 11111111 110111110 111111011 10111110 10111101 110101110 111111010 01010111 11010101 01111101 1101100001 1101110111 1101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; their, ', an' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ', 't are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of A Fable;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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