This is an analysis of the poem Butchin Hogs A Farm Idyl that begins with:

They are choppin up the kindlin, an they're fillin up the
kettle ; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bX cb dc Xe fXXf gg ggdX fXX f h g hh hbb gd ddd ia j ifj gX keek
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,2,4,2,4,3,1,1,1,2,3,2,3,2,1,3,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010111010 10 011111001010 1 10101101001010 1111101111101 01 11101010 1100010 11101010110011 11101100 1101010 11111010110011 11100010010101 01010100010001 1001011010001 1100101011101 01010100 11110100 11111101110111 0111010 11011110 11111010110011 1101010111101 110101101111 1 0101110011101 0101110110011 0111111 010101 11010100111111 11 11101001 110101 01010101010111 11010101010101 111001111100 1 1111011111001 1101010101010 1 0101010 101000110 11010010011101 1101010 1011110 01010101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, him, 'n are repeated.

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

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

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

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