This is an analysis of the poem Scuse Me! that begins with:

I HEAR I 've got to preach tomorrer,
Our pastor he be orful ill ; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aX aXX X X X bc bXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,3,1,1,1,2,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101100 11010101 110111010 01000101 111110011 11110101 11110101 0101011100 1010111 11011111 01010101 11101101 111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 46
  • Average number of words per stanza: 10
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is 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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  • summary of Scuse Me!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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