This is an analysis of the poem Table Manners that begins with:
Set an eat what 's set afore ye :
Do 'nt be so blamed partickler, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a Xa X bX bX c dc X X eX e f ef e g fg f b hb h C AX A I bX b X jk j X ij i X jX X lm lm m Xm n j fj f a oa o f bf b f gX g X df d e ae a dp dp fq f a f ifX ef ef j bj b q kn k k rk r f df d o iX i j ij i h dh d r ir i a ka k rs rs dk dk t it i f ifX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,2,1,1,1,3,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,2,2,1,2,1,1,3,1,2,1,2,2,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111101 11011100 0111101111 1111000 11001101 11101110 111011101 1101110 11010110 110110 11110111010 110100 110111110 1111101 1101111010 111101 0101111010 010101 011111010 111101 111111111 101101 1101111111 101101 111010001 1111011 111111101 111101 1001100100 1101011 11111110100 011011111 111010010010 1110001 10111001010 010111 101110101 010111 01010100 011101 011100100 011101 111101100 111111 110111100 0101100 1010110100 0100100 111111001 1110111 10010111011 101001 01010111 011001 01110111 110100 110010101 111101 11111101 110111 11111101 010101 111001111 110111 11111110 011111 010111110 110101 1011111010 111101 11101110 10111 10111110 110101 110101001 110101 110010101 110001 0101001101 111101 111011110 01011001 10110110 1100001 110101011 1111110 1111110101 111110100101 110111010 101001001 110101110010 101011011 1101011111 11011011 010101111 1100101 1110011101 1101111 011110011 111111 10101010 110111 010111010 111101 01010101 0101101 010010101 0110111 111101101 1101111 010101101 01101011 110111011 11110101 10110100011 11101101 011001011 10111001 111111001101 1110100 101110111 11101001 010100101 10111101 0010110111 0110101 0010111101 1100011 01111001011 11011001 0111100111 1110111 111111101 11101011 11101100101 11011001 111001010 1101001 1111001010 0111101 11101111 0100111 0101100111 0100100 1110101011 1100111 110100110111 0101100 1111111101 11011100 0111101111 1111000 11111110100 011011111 1001100100 1101011 111010010010 1110001 10111001010 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 111
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 47
- Average number of words per stanza: 10
- Amount of lines: 164
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; 's, yer, ye, they, to, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ye, an, a, mebbe, to, er, the are repeated.
The author used the same words an, ye, and, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words ye, up at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ye connects the lines.
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