This is an analysis of the poem Joe Ramsbottom that begins with:

Joe Ramshottom rented a bit of a farm
From its owner, Squire Goslett his name;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaba cdcd cede fcac bgaX hXiX jied jkjX bXgX ikfX bjkj cdhX feXX acXX icXc ebaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001001001 001011001 101011001001 111001111 11101001101 101001101 1110010111011 101011101 11011011001 11011001 1110111110111 111011001 010010011001 1011010001 11111101001 11101111 101001111001 1111111011 1110111101 111111010 101011111001 1110010010 01101001001 00111110100 010011111101 111011101 1111010011001 111011011 111001001011 1110001101 111001111111 111100110 11001111001 111011011 1111011101001 1110110110 001011001001 011001011 111011111111 101111011 1111001111001 11101001 11001001101 11001001 1111001001111 101101011 11001001111 1111111010 111111011001 1111011011 10011111011 1011010110 1111001111111 01111101 101101001011 110111110 01001101011 001011101 11100111111100 1010010101 111011101011 101011111 111111011111 1111110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and, to, as, you, your are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words he, then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Joe Ramsbottom;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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