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

DEY had a gread big pahty down to Tom's de othah night;
Was I dah? You bet! I neveh in my life see sich a sight;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeXXfXggXghhiXbbcXXXXgXXXXaacXdXXbXXdXaXggjjaabbddaaaaiiXXXkXXiikkXXXXkkXXXXXgffllffiiddXfccbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 102,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101010101 111111100111101 101111101010111 111011101110111 100011101111101 111110101110101 111011101010101 1010101011011111 11111110101111 1110111011100111 111101101011111 1111101011010110 111111101111101 111111101000101 111011101111001 101000111010101 111011101011101 111010101010111 101011101010001 11110101111101 111011111111101 11101010111011110 111111100111101 111111111011111 111110101110101 111010111110101 111100011010101 111110111010101 1010101010101010 1011111010111110 111011111110 11011111110 111011111110 111110 101111101010111 101100101111101 1101011101111111 111010101110111 111111001110101 111110101010101 10001011001011101 111111101010111 1110111010001101 111110101110111 1110111 011010 1111111011 1111110 111010111110101 1110111010110010 111011101111111 10111110001111 11100111111111 111011101111111 1101110101010101 001110101101101 1011011101010111 111001101111101 111010101010101 101111101011111 1110010101110111 101111101110101 0011101011100010 11101111011111110 10101111111110 1111010101111010 111111101011111 111011101011111 111010111010101 101011111111101 111111111101101 111010101101101 111111001010101 111010101011111 10101111111101110 1111101111111100 1110111010001100 1010111010101010 11111001010011101 111111101010111 1110101011100111 1110100111101110 111111101110101 111111101111101 111110101110101 1111100101011101 1010100101110101 101110101001111 101011111111101 101010101011101 110011111010101 111110101110101 1010101011111010 10010111011001010 101011101110101 101111111010011 101010101111111 11111101010111001 1111111000011001 1010001010111111 1100111111001111 111110101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 6351
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1271
  • Amount of lines: 102
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (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; dey, an', you, but, she, i, swing, all, down, he, to, de, it, we, dat are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words but, an', seed are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Party;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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