This is an analysis of the poem Angelina that begins with:
When de fiddle gits to singin' out a ol' Vahginny reel,
An' you 'mence to feel a ticklin' in yo' toe an' in yo' heel;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdD eeXXfXdD ggffXXdD bbXXXXXD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010101011001 111010100111011 111111001110101 111010111101111 101010101010001 101011101010101 111111101111111 10010101010101 1111001011010001 111111101110111 111010101011111 1011111101110111 101111101001111 111110101011101 101011101010111 10010101010101 111110110101111 101011101110101 111111101010110 111010101110101 1110100111111111 111110100010011 111011100011101 10010101010101 001011100010111 1111111011101001 111110101111101 1110111001010001 1111010100010110 111110101111111 101111010111111010 10010101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 487
- Average number of words per stanza: 98
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, an', to, de, she, look, so, 's, dey are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word line at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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