This is an analysis of the poem When De Folks Is Gone that begins with:
What dat scratchin' at de kitchin do'?
Done heah'n dat foh an hour er mo'!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXaa XXbb XXaa XXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111010101 111111001 1110101111 110101010101 11110111 11010110101 11010110111 1110101010111 111010111 11111111101 10101110101 11110110101 11110111 11111111 11010111111 1110110101 1111110111 11110111 111010111 110110111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; de, an' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', what are repeated.
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