This is an analysis of the poem Little Breeches that begins with:
I don't go much on religion,
I never ain't had no show; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcded cdfdfgXg ghehijfj fXehaiXi kieighXh ighgXkXX ellliaca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111010 1101111 111010111 10111111 11111010 11011101 111011010 10111101 110010110 11101101 11110010 11111011 1110110 11100111 111101100 1010111 01111010 1111101 1101010010 1101101 11110110 111101 110110010 11101011 10110010 1111101 11101110 11010111 111110110 1100111 101110101 111111 11111011 0110101 111111101 1100111 10010111 111101 111110010 11111001 1101110101 11110111 110110101 1111011 1111010110 1111011 101010100 111010010 1011110 111011011 11111101 0101111 1111100101 1101001 001011010 1100101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- 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; i, and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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