This is an analysis of the poem Three Ha'Pence A Foot that begins with:
I'll tell you an old-fashioned story
That Grandfather used to relate, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcX Xdad XefX ghch Xhih abjb khfXjlkl djbj Xdmd clcl mcic iheh chXh gbXX cXdX cbjb fbib cbXX cbcX XbmX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111010 11101001 0010110110 11001100 0011010010 11101011 0011110110 11111001 111010011 11010101 11110110110 11111001 111011110 11111001 1110010010 101001011 110011010 11101101 110111110 01001011 110010100 11001101 11111111 1111011001 1100110110 11001101 010011111 11101011 110110010 011101001 111111110 1101110111 011110110 110110101 111011010 11101001 011011010 11001101 01101110 101001011 010011010 11001101 111010010 11011111 011110010 110110110 1010110111 110110010 111010011 01111001 110111111 111001001 110111010 11011011 111110011 11101011 111110010 11001111 110111110 11011001 1011111110 01110101 010011011 11111111 110011010 11011101 111010010 11101011 1010110110 11001001 111111011 11111011 111110010 01001011 10111010110 11011001 110111110 01110101 1010111110 11011011 110011011 11111111 011011010 11101011
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 84
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; it, and, rained, 'ad are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, 'a are repeated.
The author used the same word the 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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