This is an analysis of the poem What Smith Knew About Farming that begins with:
There wasn't two purtier farms in the state
Than the couple of which I'm about to relate;--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccccaaXXdddaaddeeffghiiiXgffffjjffXXbcckXkkXllmmccmbXllcXXdddffbbiiijjjddlldddddXXddaaaXcccckkkkllllbbXjbbjffXnnddddcXfffffjXjiikkbXXbbbaammcccjjhhbbbffdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 158,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101101001 101001001001 1011010001 11101001001 110111101 11011000111 11110101001 11011001011 1101101001 01111111 010110 111010 11011 01111 01001101001 11011111111 01101011111 1100100111 11011011011 111101101001 1110101111 010111111 11011111010 01001111010 1100110111 01101 111010 1101101101 110010111 11101111010 1110100111 1110100111 111011101101 101011011 100111101001 01011001001 11100 10101 1110100111 11101110 11101001011 11101001 11101101 1110101 10011111 11111101001 11111111111 01101011001 111011101 100111001 1111011011 11011101001 01001 1110101 101101001111 1111001011 111001111001 110111001 11001111101 11011 111010 111011011110 0011010 100010 110110111010 1100100101 110101010 111101101001 10001011001 11101101001 11001001101 11011101001 01011 11001 1100101001 11100011011 1100111001 11011101011 11101101011 11111011101 11001011101 10110 110110 110 110 110010 110111010110 110111010010 11101011011 11101101011 1110111101 111111101111 11101 111011 101111011001 10101011011 11001 11101 10001001111 11111001011 11111101001 11111101101 01001001001 101111010100 11011 1111 10110101001 11111101101 001001 111011 11101111101 0111001101 11100101011 01011001111 1111011001 011101011 11101 11001 11101101001 11111011101 111010011011 10111101101 11111 11111 11011001001 11011011101 11111001001 11001011011 01101101001 11101011001 11101011001 11010101011 01001011001 01101110011 110111111 11011111110 11111110 101111001 1011001101 110111101 100111001 101101001 11101011101 11001110011 10110111111 11001011001 111011111001 111001011001 010111010101 11011111001 011001011101 111101001101 11101001101 11011011001 100111001 11010001101 01100101001 11101001101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 6257
- Average number of words per stanza: 1194
- Amount of lines: 158
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he, it, ', patent, to, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
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- history of its creation;
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