This is an analysis of the poem Tugg Martin that begins with:

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Tugg Martin's tough.--No doubt o' that!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbbXbbaa X XbcddeaXXaa X bbccddfggff X cbcgddbX a bhiihiXXjXjXXXbckck a iXXlaleaaaaaX X iffiffcfcfdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,11,1,11,1,8,1,19,1,13,1,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11011111 1111 01110111 10001101 01010111 0111 11010101 111011 1 11110111 01001101 1001 11011101 10100101 11010100 01011101 10111001 11110100 111111101 1111 1 01011101 0111 01010111 11101111 111111 1101 10010101 11011101 1111 110111011 11111101 1 11111001 11011101 11011110 11110111 11001 1111 11001101 11010101 1 11110111 0111 1111 1001 10111001 1111 10111111 111111 01111101 1111 110101 11111100 110011010 111010 11110 11011111 10111101 11010101 1 1 11111110 01111111 11111111 11010101 0101001 1100111 11111010100 1111 1011011111 111011 1101101 01100101 11111100 1 010111001 1111 1011 1111 110110101 111101 11111100 110111111 11011101 0111111111 0100111111011 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 93
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, the, and are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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