This is an analysis of the poem Jonah And The Whale that begins with:
Were I to say that Jonah was n't swollered by the whale
The Pharisees would wag their beards, and raise a fearful ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa a bb cX c cd c XdX dX d aa ddbbeeff X b gh g aA ddiX ie j hkh k eXaA cX c kkbl b gg X j m jd b be al am aaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,2,2,1,2,1,3,2,1,2,8,1,1,2,1,2,4,2,1,3,1,4,2,1,4,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,2,2,2,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010111011100101 0100111111010 1 11111100110101 10110101010100 1010001111101 1101011101010 1 1101010011101 110101001001 1 10110101010100 01011001110011 110001010110 1 10011011101010 1 100101001010011 11101110110101 01010010101001010 111111011101010 11010101011101 111101110100011 10101010110111 1101110010011 1111110110100 01011100011100 1 010111011010 1 01010100001100 1 1110100111111 1101110110101 11110101011100 01011101010101 0101010111101 01011110111110 1 11101010101101 01 1111011100110100 110110100110111 1101111111000 1 111011101010001 1110101111110011 11111111010101 1101110110101 01010101110111 110100100111100 1 010001011101 1110100010011 101010010011 11110101111010 1 0100110010001 01000101010101 101100 0101011000101 1101010101010 1 0111010111100 11 0101010110101 010101011111 10011 11011111101010 1 011111001110 1 010111010110 101
- Amount of stanzas: 39
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 77
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, thet, it, uv, i, you, 's, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thet, i, to, he, sometimes, the are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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