This is an analysis of the poem The Spellin'-Bee that begins with:

I NEVER shall furgit that night when father hitched up Dobbin,
An' all us youngsters clambered in an' down the road went bobbin'...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbbbXaccddaaXXeebbffbXggbbaaaahhaXXaccXeXXaaeeXaffaaeXXgccggXXbXXXaXXaeeccccXXXdbbbbdXXXiibb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 94,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110111101110 111101001101110 0111111101001110 111101011101010 111101010111010 011101011111110 011101010111110 110111101111110 1101110111001010 010111011101011 111010111101010 110001011111011 111111010101110 110101110101010 110111110101100 111111111111010 110111010101010 011101111101010 011111111111010 110101110101010 111110111101110 110111011101010 110111011101010 110001011111100 011111011101110 011101111111010 011111011111110 1111110111110110 11011110111111 110111011111010 110111010011010 111101011100010 010111011111010 010101010101110 0111010111101110 110101010101110 010111010101010 1101000111001110 110111111101010 110100011101010 100111010101110 100111011101010 110101010101010 010101111101010 110101110101010 110101000101110 011101110111110 010001111111010 111111010101010 110101010101010 010011111101111 110111010111111 110101011111010 010001100101010 111111011101110 111101011011110 110101011101010 110101110111110 010111011101010 111111001101010 11011010101101110 111101011101110 110101011101100 110001010101100 110101010101110 110101011111110 1101011101001010 111111100101010 110111001111010 111111011111000 111111010111010 111101110101010 111101011111110 101111011101110 111110111111010 111101010111000 111101111101010 1111111011111110 110111111101110 1111101010101010 111101011100010 111100011111010 110111010111110 111101011101010 111111111101110 1101110111111010 111101011101010 1111110111111100 11010101111110 11011111111111 111101111111010 1111111111111011 110111011111110 111111010111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 5989
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1153
  • Amount of lines: 94
  • Average number of symbols per line: 63 (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; o', to, our, ez, an', i, all, it, his, he, my, we, she are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines 'em, it, him, ' are repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Spellin'-Bee;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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