This is an analysis of the poem Itching Heels that begins with:
FU' de peace o' my eachin' heels, set down;
Don' fiddle dat chune no mo'....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXbabXXXXXcXXXdXaXcede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1011110111 1101111 11111100111 11101001 111010011 1101101 11011111111 11111011 101011101001 10110111 111111101111 111011001 1101111110 1101111 11111111101 111010101 110111111 1100111 101010001111 01011001 11011111010 11101001 11001101101 10111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 925
- Average number of words per stanza: 195
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word don' is repeated.
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