This is an analysis of the poem When The Frost Is On The Punkin that begins with:
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock
And you hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin' turkey cock... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AabcddaA XXbbbbaA eeffggaA cchhiiaA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
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- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 485
- Average number of words per stanza: 94
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (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; and, of, in, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word shock at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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