This is an analysis of the poem When Sam'L Sings that begins with:
Hyeah dat singin' in de medders
Whaih de folks is mekin' hay?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: abcbdeXe XbXbXfdf XgXgXhih ijcjXbXb ididdXah fXXXXhXh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100010 1010101 10101010 1010011 111111010 1010101 1010101 1110111 11101110 11110101 111000100 1000111 11101010 11110101 11101010 1011001 1101010 1100111 10111010 1010111 11111010 1111111 1101010 1100101 11101110 10101001 11101010 1110101 10101010 1011101 11101110 1010101 11101110 1110111 10111010 1010101 110111010 110111010 11011110 1100101 11101110 1111111 1111111 1111111 11111010 11010101 11101111 1110111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, 's, an', i are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word wife at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of When Sam'L Sings;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
