This is an analysis of the poem Possum Trot that begins with:
I 've journeyed 'roun' consid'able, a-seein' men an' things,
An' I 've learned a little of the sense that meetin' people brings;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddbbeecc ddffggcc cceehhcc iiiibbccXeebbiicc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1110110001111 1111010001110101 1010111001011111 111110011111101 10010111010101 11101011110101 111110101010101 1110111101111101 010101001011101 110111011110101 0111010010111 01001111111111 01111101010111 11010100011101 11110111010101 01000101111111 11110101110101 11010101011101 1101010010101 01111111110101 01111101010101 11011111111101 011101111101101 11011101110101 01010101110101 11011101110111 010101011000001 111011101110111 1110111101010101 01011100010101 11100101111101 11101111010111 11010110110111 11111100111111 11101110110111 111110111010101 110110101010111 01001100011101 111100101111001 111110101011101 001010101011101 11110100010001 11101101010101 11111101010111 11111111011101 11010111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 460
- Average number of words per stanza: 93
- Amount of lines: 46
- 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; i, of, 've, an', you, that, to, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words but, an', you, i are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word trot at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Possum Trot;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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