This is an analysis of the poem A Trooly Good Man that begins with:

He never swears, he never smokes,
He looks not on the wine ; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAbC da d a be b X fX Ce f af ac ge g X bX be ae a c Xf XA BAXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 111101 11011101 110111 11011101 110111 01010101 110111 10001101 111101 11010101 1110111 101100 111111111 0100111 11011101 010001 11010101 011101 01000101 110101 11111101 110101 11010111 010101 11110101 010111 11110110 010101 11111101 111101 11010101 011001 11010101 110111 011110101 010110 11011101 111101 11011101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 50
  • Average number of words per stanza: 10
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; he, never, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.

    The author used the same word to at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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