This is an analysis of the poem Breaking The Charm that begins with:

Caught Susanner whistlin'; well,
It's most nigh too good to tell....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbbbccddeeffXgXXhiaaeehibbeeXXjjXXddXgeekXbXbXggaXbXaakXaaXaXXllbbddbbjX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 76,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101 0111001 1111001 1011111 1011111 111111 1110111 1111101 1010111 1010101 1011111 1010101 1110111 10010101 11100001 1001101 10100101 1111101 1111100 1011111 11110101 1010110 1111101 0011001 1110111 1000111 1111111 1010110 1111111 11111101 1111101 1010101 1111111 1010101 1110101 1010101 0011111 1011101 1010101 11110001 1110111 1111111 101111 1111101 1010111 1111101 1111111 1110111 1100111 0110111 11111101 1111101 10111110 10101101 1011111 0010100 1110101 1110101 1110111 1111101 0111111 1111111 1010100 0010001 1111101 11111010 1011111 1110101 1111101 10110111 11111101 1110101 11110011 1111111 1111101 101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2391
  • Average number of words per stanza: 478
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, she, an', ', you are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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  • summary of Breaking The Charm;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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