This is an analysis of the poem As My Uncle Used To Say that begins with:
I've thought a power on men and things,
As my uncle ust to say,--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XAXabbbA XAXacccA XAXabbbA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101111 1110101 1111111111 1111101 1111001111 010100111 111101111 1110101 11111011 1110101 11111101 1101101 111111111 110110111 1110110101 1110101 010100111 1110101 1111111111 1111111 101001111 11111111 11110001 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word say at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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