This is an analysis of the poem My Brother In Law, Al that begins with:
My brother in law, AL
Is such a wonderful guy....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcdbceXe fXghhXX XfhdXgXh AbhXf fhXbXd ii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,8,5,6,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110011 0101001 1101110 101111 111111 0110110 11101 1010111 111101 11101010 101101 11111101 1110010 1101 10 1010011 10101100 1111011 1111 1111101 111111011 110101 1101 1110101 110011 0011011 110111110 1111 11001 11110 11111 1101101011 1111101 1 011101101 1101 11011010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he is repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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