This is an analysis of the poem Chore Time that begins with:
WHEN I'm at gran'dad's on the farm,
I hear along 'bout six o'clock,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX cdcd dede fgfg dhdh hihX jkjk hlhl mimi ncnc dddd elel gogo blbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10110101 11011101 11010111 11011111 11110011 01111101 11111101 11011101 11111001 01010101 11100101 01010001 11010111 1101101 1100101 10110101 01110101 11110101 11110100 11010111 11010101 011100111 11010111 11110101 11110001 01110101 11110111 01011101 01110101 11110101 11110101 01011101 11010101 01010111 11110101 11110101 01100001 11000101 01011111 11100101 11011101 10111101 11010111 11110101 11110111 11010101 11010101 11010111 11010111 11010101 01011101 11110101 01010101 01110111 11011111 110101110
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, her, an' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' is repeated.
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