This is an analysis of the poem An Ex-Judge at the Bar that begins with:

Bartender, make it straight and make it two—
One for the you in me and the me in you....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd bbee bbbb ffgg XheX hhfXXffhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101011101 11010110101 1111110101 0101110111 11110111101 1101110111 1101011101 111100101100 1111111101 1101010101 0101010101 10101010001 11111111011 010010110101 11101110101 0101010101 1101010111 10101010101 11011001111 10101010000111 10101110100 110101010101 0101011101 110101010100 11011101001 110011111001 11110010101 11011111100 011001100101 101011010101 1101011101 1101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; every, and are repeated.

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  • summary of An Ex-Judge at the Bar;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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