This is an analysis of the poem Uncle Ned’s Tale: An Old Dragoon's Story that begins with:
I OFTEN, musing, wander back to days long since gone by,
And far-off scenes and long-lost forms arise to fancy's eye. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaaeeffbbddddggbbbbddccddccff ddffffbbhhddggbbbbiijjddkkggddllbbfXmmaXhhiiffXXkkmm kXhhXXhhbbggffccgg bbbbbbbbccffbbggbbffjjaaff ddggaajjffmmbbccnniihhbbffbbccjjXgkkccccddaaaabbffjjccffddkkhXkkeebb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,52,18,26,68,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11010101011111 11111111010101 01010111111111 11010111111101 11111101110001 110101010010101 11011101010101 01011011010101 01010101110111 01010101110011 11010101010001 11010111110101 11010101101101 11011111011110 11011111110111 11111110111101 111101010100101 01010101010101 11010111011101 110011001111101 11110001011101 01110101110111 11011101111101 01000101011101 101010111111101 00111011110101 111111011111001 111101001110101 01010001010101 11011111110101 111111001010111 11011101111101 010111010111001 11011111011101 11110101111101 11010101110101 11010101111101 11011101011101 110101011100101 11010101011111 11010101010101 11011101111101 11010111110111 0101011110100111 11011101110101 1101001110111 0101010011110101 01110101010101 01010101010101 11010101010101 11110101011101 11010101110101 010100001111101 11011101110101 11010101110101 11111101010101 110101011111101 11111101110101 1100101001011101 11110111110101 110100101010101 110101001110011 110101010110101 11010101110101 01010111110101 110111010010101 11010111100111 01010111110101 11011101111101 11110101011101 11110100010101 010101011101010 110101101110111 110101011100101 11110101111101 010011101010001 11010101111001 11110010111001001 11010101110101 111100101111101 11011101110101 01100101011101 01010101110101 011111010111110 11010101110101 110101001010111 00110101110101 01010101010101 111101110111101 10111101110111 01010111110101 11010111110101 110111010111010 11110101110101 01111101111101 11011101010101 01010101111101 01010101010101 010101111100101 11011111110101 01011101111101 110101011101111 11010101111111 1101011111111 11010101010101 111101011111011 11110111110111 11110101110101 11111101111101 110101110101001 11011101111111 11010101111101 11010101111111 01011101100101 11011111010111 11011111111101 11110111111100 11111111110001 11110101110101 01011101110111 011111001110101 11110101111101 11010111110101 11010101010001 01110101110101 11111111111101 111101001010111 11010111111011 11010101111101 10010111011101 111101111110101 1101110110101 11010101110101 111101011111001 11011101111111 11010001111101 11111011110111 01111111111101 110100101110011 11110101111101 1100111011111001 1101001111100101 111101010101001 11110001111111 11011101110101 11011111110111 11110101110111 11110111010001 01011111111101 11011101110101 110111011101101 0100111111101111 11001101011100101 11011101111101 111101111111001 01111101110101 11101101110111 110101011111001 111101101010101 1111010110101 11010101110101 11111101011101 010111010100111 110101011111111 110101110111111 11110101110101 111101110111001 1100101111100101 11110111111111 11011101010111 111101010010101 110101011110101 111101001110011 11011111010101 11011111111111 11010111111111 11110101111111 11111101111111 11110101011111 11010111110101 010010111010101 11111111011111 01111101011111 110101001110111 11011111111101 110101010100101 11110101011111 01001101110101 11010111110001 11110101110101 110011111110111 01011111110010 111101111100101 1111111111111010 11010101111101 111111110110001 11111101111101 01011100010101 01010101111101 0100101010111101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2528
- Average number of words per stanza: 475
- Amount of lines: 200
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (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, to, i, he, 'twas, his, my, we, with, ', on, not, in, they, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, to, we, and are repeated.
The author used the same word 'well at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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