This is an analysis of the poem Romancin' that begins with:
I' b'en a-kindo musin', as the feller says, and I'm
About o' the conclusion that they ain't no better time,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb cdee Xfbb eeff eedd ddgg eehh aaXc bbaa fXaa iibb ddXX aajj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101010110 01100101111101 111010101011101 111111111010111 11110111011101 101011111110101 11110011010001 110011001010101 11110101010100 10100010110101 11111101110111 111100101111111 11110101010101 101010101110101 111111101110111 101011101110101 111110101001111 101111101011100 101010101010101 101010101011101 01010101010101 101010100010101 101100101011101 11111101110111 11000100011101 111010101010101 11000101110001 111000101010001 11010111111001 101110111011001 11010101010010 11111101011101 11110101110101 011010101010101 10101110011101 111001101010101 111110101011101 001010100110100 111110101111001 111010101010001 111010101010101 111010101010101 11010101110101 11101101010101 111110101011101 111010101010001 111011101010101 101010100010001 11111101010110 11000101111101 111010101011111 111111111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, i, so, o', in, they's, music, our, kin, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, and are repeated.
The author used the same words i, they's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Romancin';
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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