This is an analysis of the poem A Back-Log Song that begins with:
De axes has been ringin' in de woods de blessid day,
An' de chips has been a-fallin' fa' an' thick;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXXbXX cXcXXbXX XaXadbdX eXeXXbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01010100010101 10110010111 111010101011101 11111110001 111100111110110 0011111001 111010111011101 10111010101 11000101010101 1100010001 101111100010111 101111110111 111110101110101 10101111101 111110011101110 11111110101 1101000100100101 10101010111 01011101110101 10111010101 11110101011001 11101010101 1110100101010101 10111010101 111010101110101 1111010001 1111010101110101 111111011111 101110101111101 11110011101 111111101111111 1111010111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 425
- Average number of words per stanza: 89
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, has, an', to, fu' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ol' is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word thoo at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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