This is an analysis of the poem Bill And Joe that begins with:
COME, dear old comrade, you and I
Will steal an hour from days gone by,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbb ccddcc eeaabb ffggcc aaeXbb hheecc iijjbb hhbbcX eekkbbXddaacc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111 011100111 01011111 11110101 01010101 11011111 11110101 110100111 11110101 11100101 01110101 11111111 11011101 11110101 01111111 01110101 11110111 11111111 110101001 11110101 11110101 11011101 01111100 11111111 01011111 11110111 11110011 111111010 11111101 01010111 110101001 11110101 11010101 10111001 11111111 11110111 11010101 01010101 01010101 11010101 01101111 11111111 01010101 11011101 11010111 11010101 11110101 10111101110 111101001 01111101 01110111 11110111 110000101 10111111 11011101 11010111 111111001 11110111 11011111 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you've, a, no are repeated.
The author used the same word you've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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