This is an analysis of the poem Goalkeeper Joe that begins with:
Joe Dunn were a bobby for football
He gave all his time to that sport, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cded fgcG hiei ejfj dfgf Xkcl kafa fmhm hlXl egXg kdkd bfef dgdg ebbb bfff Xcac XgcG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110010111 11101011 111011010 11111111 1010011110 111001101 1111011111 01001001 111010010 11101100 1110011010 11011101 111010010 11011101 11001111 10101101 0101111001 11111011 1110011111 01011001 010010010 11001001 1010101011 10111001 010011010 01001000 0011010011 101001001 010111110 011101011 111110110 111101001 111011110 101101101 110010110 110111101 111010110 11001001 1010011010 111001001 111011111 10101101 1111110110 11001001 1011110010 0101101 010110110 11111001 110011010 11101101 110011111 11011101 1111100010 1101001111 11101010 101001011 1111011011 11001011 110011110 11001001 011011110 11101101 010110100 101101011 1011111011 11101101 1111010110 11111111 11010011010 001001111 110011010 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, and, he, d, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.
The author used the same words he, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Goalkeeper Joe;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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