This is an analysis of the poem Elmer Brown that begins with:
Awf'lest boy in this-here town
Er anywheres is Elmer Brown!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbX ccddX eeffX eeccX ddggX ffXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010011 010000101 11111101 11011111 100111 1110111 11010111 11011101 110011011 100111 11110101 110111010 11011111 01111101 100111 11011101 11101001 11011101 11010011 100111 11011111 011101111 00010101 110110101 100111 11011111 10010111 10111111 11111110 100111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; an' is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', him 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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