This is an analysis of the poem Gammer Gaffer - A Ballad Of Gloucester that begins with:
One night when trees were tumbled down,
And wild winds shook at sea the sail,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccccc X dedeccccX X cacca X cacacfccf g cdccd g hahagggX X aeaebibbX X cjccj X aiaiXkcck
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,1,9,1,5,1,9,1,5,1,8,1,9,1,5,1,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 11111101 11010111 10110101 11011100 11010001 11010101 01111101 01011101 1 01110111 11110001 01110101 10010101 011011101 11110111 01110101 11010101 110010100 1 11011101 11011001 01011111 111111001 11110101 1 01011101 11011101 11011101 11010101 110110101 11000101 11010111 01110101 11010111 1 11011111 11010101 11010111 11011101 01111101 1 11111101 10010101 110011101 11011100 11110111 11111111 11010101 11111101 1 11000101 01011101 11000101 111100001 11110111 11111011 11110101 11110111 11110111 1 11111101 11011001 110101101 11010101 11011111 1 11110111 111101101 10110101 11110101 111111110 110110101 11110111 10011111 11010001
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, 'twas, who, i, old, round, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, 'twas, now are repeated.
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- summary of Gammer Gaffer - A Ballad Of Gloucester;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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