This is an analysis of the poem Prior To Miss Belle's Appearance that begins with:
What makes you come HERE fer, Mister,
So much to our house?--SAY?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaabccaa XdXXdbbdX efXefgXhh agaagiiXX XXXdXbbhh Xbddbjjbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111110 110111 1011110 110111110 11101101 1110111001 111101001 011011100 101111000 10111010 1110101 1110110 010111100 1011111 11101111 1111111 11101110 1101001010 1110010 1010101 110111110 11101110 111001 1111111 1111000011 11101111 10110111 10010010 111101 0110010 1111110 11111111 111111111 1011111101 1111011011 0101011011 1111111 11011111 111111110 110111001 01111110 111011101 0010111011 111101011 111111100 11010110 0111011 1010010 111010010 10111111 11101111 11101101 111011111 1111001111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 326
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, an', says, you 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 ' is repeated).
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