This is an analysis of the poem A Banjo Song that begins with:
W'en de banjos wuz a-ringin',
An' de darkies wuz a-singin',... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX abab AAX AAXXbbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,3,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 10101010 11010011 10111010 10100010 111001010101 11111111 110111 11110111 1010111 101101 101101 111110010 101101 101101 111111010 10101110101 1110111 101101010101 1110111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; de, an', along, come, gib, song are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', come, gib are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines along, song are repeated).
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- summary of A Banjo Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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