This is an analysis of the poem Uncle Ned’s Tales: How The Flag Was Saved that begins with:
‘TWAS a dismal winter's evening, fast without came down the snow,
But within, the cheerful fire cast a ruddy, genial glow ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbccbbeeffffggbbffffaahhcciibbffbbggaajjffbbaaddkkhhiihhddllaaiiggggmmffbbffbbii hhbbbbbbhhnnffooggffhhii hhbbggffffkkffee eeppkkffffaaffaabbbbffhhkebbkkbbaakkbbkkhhaaggggbbhheekkcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 88,24,16,58,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101010101011101 101010101010101 1011010101111101 111010101110101 101010110010101 1011101010100111 111010101110101 001111101111111 101011111010101 111010101010111 11010111110101 11011101011101 111011010111011 11011111011101 11111100010100 11110111111101 111111100110101 01111111111110 111101011100101 101101111011101 111010101111101 011010101111001 11100001010111001 1001010111111101 1111100101011111 111010111010101 111011101101101 111010101110101 11010101010001 111010110010101 111110101011101 011010111111001 11110101110101 11010111010101 11001101010101 101001111010101 101110101001101 1011101010100101 101010101010101 011110101010101 111110101110111 1010101010010101 111011101110111 11010011011101 111110101011101 101110101110101 001010101010101 0010101000100101 1010001001011111 101010100110111 111011100010101 101010101010111 101011111011101 101010111010001 101010101010111 101010101010101 1110101010100101 101010101011101 100101011011101001 101110101011101 1010010101110101 111011100010101 101000011011101 101010101110101 111111111010111 111011101111101 1011100101011111 111011100010101 101110101010011 11110101110101 111110101010101 10111111010101 10010111110101 001010101100111 101110101011101 111011111010111 100101010101001 11010101110101 011011010100101 11000101110101 011100101111100 11011101011111 01010101111101 1110111010110101 11110101111111 01110101010101 11011101111101 11011101110101 10111111111111 01011101110001 11010001101101 111011111010101 1101000111111001 111111011011001 11101101111101 111101111010101 110101111011011 11111111010001 110101010100101 111101010010101 10111101110101 11110111110101 010111111110101 011010101010001 101010101111101 101011101010111 11010111110111 01011111011110 11010101000101 111100111110111 001000101111111 100101111001010101 110101001110101 01101101011101 11010100010111 11010101110111 010110001010011 111010100110011 01011111110101 11010101010101 101110100010111 101000011010001 111111001110101 00111110010101 111000101111111 001011100111101 111010101011111 11010101110001 110111011110101 01111101010101 100101011100101 11010101110111 11111111110101 11110101110111 11011101011101 0110110001110101 010101110111101 0100111010100101 01010101100101 11010001010101 11010101111111 11010101011101 11110101011101 11100111111101 11010101111101 11110101110101 11010111110001 01010011111101 11011101010001 11011100111111 11111101010101 11100101010101 11010001110101 11110101100101 11110101010101 111111001010111 01011111110001 111110011101001 11101111110101 11010101010001 101011101010001 111010101010101 110010101110101 11011101010101 01110101010001 11110101011111 11111111111101 11011101110101 01100110010101 111111011010101 111111110101001 11111011110101 11101111111011 111101011101001 11110101110111 11011111110101 11111111110111 11011101010101 11110111110101 11011111111001 11111101110011 111010111010111 11110101111101 111110101110101 11110111010101 110001011111010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3030
- Average number of words per stanza: 558
- Amount of lines: 186
- Average number of symbols per line: 64 (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, he, his, that, for, we, us, i, they, with, but, him, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he are repeated.
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