This is an analysis of the poem The Return Of Albert that begins with:

You've 'eard 'ow young Albert Ramsbottom,
In the Zoo up at Blackpool one year,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcXc defX XeXe gchc ijXj Xkdk XlXX XcXX icgX djXX glXX ihkX fbXX elbl XXXX cXkX fkdX glXX
  • 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 001111111 00111011 101001001 010010110 01001111 1011111110 111110001 1010010110 01011101 1011110110 111011011 1110110011 111111011 1011010111 11111001 110110110 11001101 11001111001 011101 101110010 111111001 1111111110 11011101 110110100 111011011 1010100010 111111011 1110110100 11101101 1111100110 1110111011 111111011 101001001 0111110011 11111110110 1110110110 110101001 10011010010 1101110100 011011110 11011101 1010100 11111011011 110111010 11111101 1011111011 111111111 101110110 11011011 110011010 110111010 1011000010 11111010 111011111 11111100111 1011111001 01011011 11100100110 01011111 1111111010 101101011 110111010 11011011 110101010 11011001 11111011001 1111110 011000010 01101001 110111010 10001011 110110010 11111001 1011001011 111101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; 'e'd, 'e, and, 'is 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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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