This is an analysis of the poem Iry And Billy Jo that begins with:
Iry an' Billy an' Jo!--
Iry an' Billy's _the boys_,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abaabba bcbcddaA aeaeXbaaaA efefccaA ghghaiiaaA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,10,8,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011011 1011001 111111 11011001 1111101 1011001 1111011 100111 1101011 11001001 110101 10111011 0011110111 100101011 1011011 1010111 100110 1110111 10101101 101101111 11101110 11011011 00111110101 111111111 1011011 111110101 110111101 110101111 110100101 111111001 1011111101 10011 1011011 011110101 11110111 1110011101 01011011011 1010100101 111101111 11111111 11 11100101 1011011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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', he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words iry, an' are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word jo at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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