This is an analysis of the poem Banty Tim that begins with:
Remarks of Sergeant Tilmon Joy to the White Man's Committee of Spunky Point, Illinois
I reckon I git your drift, gents,- ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a XabaXXbX cdadXded aaeafaXX aacagaXX fgfgXhah aiaiXiXi Xjajjaha
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101010100110100101101 11011111 110111 0001110 110011 101111100 01101111 01011010 00101101 11001001 011101001 11111011101 10110111 11111100 0111101 10101101001 0111111 11111111 0101001 111010010 111111 110111110 11011001 1110100101 1110100 1111111 1110101 111110111 1111011 1010101101 11001001 00110101101 111111 11011111 11011011 101010111 10100111 1010111101 11001101 11011101001 11101111 010111111 1010111 111111101 101111001 111011111 00101011 1101111011 0111001 1110011110 111101 11111111 10110111 1110010111 111011001 11010101 1111101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 57
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; and, to, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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