This is an analysis of the poem How Lucy Backslid that begins with:
De times is mighty stirrin' 'mong de people up ouah way,
Dey 'sputin' an' dey argyin' an' fussin' night an' day;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff ffgg aahh XXXX XXc ff aaff Xcaa bbaa eeaa eedX Xgii hhaa ccXX eXaa ccXe fXcc ggXX XXcc bXff jjhh hhXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,3,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01010101010111 1101110110111 111101011111001 01110101110101 110101001110111 111010111010001 11111101111111 11011001110001 11010111110110 111010101010111 111111111010111 111010101110101 111110101010101 111111101010001 111010111110001 111011001011101 101111101011101 11101111011101001 101100101010101 01010001010101 111000101110101 111001101010111 111110101111001 11110101111101 111010101010001 100010101111001 1111111011111 11 111111101011111 111010101110011 1111111000110111 1111111111110101 1111101010101111 1111110101111101 1110101011111001 111111100111111 11010101010001 101010100111001 101011101010101 1111110101011101 1111011001010111 1011101011110111 111110101011111 111011101110111 11101111110101 111011101110101 101110101110101 101110101101101 111011101110101 101111000110111 111110101110101 111010100010101 1110001011110001 111011101010101 011110100110101 111010101010111 111010111010001 111011101111101 101011101110101 101011101111111 101010101011101 111011101111111 111001101110001 1111111111110101 101011101110101 1111011001010101 110101101110101 111101111100101 101010101010101 111010101111111 111111101110011 011100101010101 101011111110101 111010100010101 11111111011010101 1101111011010101 111110101011101 1010101111101011 111110100010001 111110101111111 1010001010010001 1010111011110001 101011000011101 101111101111111 111011101111111 101110101010111 101110111010101 101110101111111 1010001011010101 111111101010011 110111101110101 1011101010101101 1111101111000101
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 93
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (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; an', dat, de, she, huh, to, i, ez, fu' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', w'en are repeated.
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