This is an analysis of the poem Bonehead Bill that begins with:
I wonder 'oo and wot 'e was,
That 'Un I got so slick....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbc dedefcfc dgdghchc iaiacXcc fgfgaeie acaceeee ifiXdcdc ejXjgcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011111 111111 11011101 011101 11110101 010111 11111111 011111 11000111 110101 11110100 011111 10110101 111101 11011101 011111 11011101 111101 11100101 011101 11011101 110001 11111111 111111 11010101 110101 110011101 010101 110010101 111110 01111101 0111011 110110101 110101 11010101 111111 11111101 111111 11011101 111101 11110101 1111001 11010101 111011 11010101 110001 11100101 110111 11111101 1010111 11110101 11111100 10011101 110111 11011100 011111 11110101 1111001 11010011 111101 11011111 100111 01010011 0111011
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 64
- 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; i, 'e, and, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, 'e, they 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.
The poet repeated the same word night at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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