This is an analysis of the poem Albert's Return that begins with:

You've `eard `ow young Albert Ramsbottom
At the zoo up at Blackpool one year ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcXc defe geXe hccc ijXj kheh XljX XcgX icmX djaj XlXX iXhX fbXX elbl kXXX cXeX fhdX mlXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110100 101111111 001011011 101001001 010010110 01001111 101111101100 11111001 1010010110 01011101 1011110010 111011011 1110110011 111101011 10111010111 11111001 110110110 11011101 010111110 01011101 110110110 101111001 1111111110 11011101 110110010 101011011 10101000101 01101011 1110110100 111011101 1110110011 111101110110 1101011011 101001001 0111110011 1111101101100 101101100110 1010101001 111010010 110111101000 011011110 11011101 1010010111 11011011 110111010 11111101 01110110110 11101111110 10011100110 101011011 110011010 1101110100 101100010 101111010 1110111110 11101111110 1011111001 01001011 11100100110 01011111 1111011010 101101011 1101110100 1101100110 10101010 11001001 1111010110 0111111100 01100010 01101001 1101101010 100010110 110110010 1110111001 111001011 1111010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; e, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word e at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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