This is an analysis of the poem Are You The Cove? that begins with:
“Are you the Cove?” he spoke the words
As swagmen only can;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba aaXX cXaX bXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 110101 010100010 111111 11010111 011111 01010101 10111110 11111111 110111 10101111 111101 10010101 0101010 11111111 1111100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
The author used the same word are at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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