This is an analysis of the poem Dumb Swede that begins with:

With barbwire hooch they filled him full,
Till he was drunker than all hell,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbc dedfghgh hehfhchc dbdXiXiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011111 11110111 11110101 01011101 01011111 10111101 11110111 11111001 11010101 01100101 11111101 11111101 11000101 11011111 011000111 11010101 11011101 01110101 11010011 11010111 11110101 11010001 11011111 11110101 11110101 11101101 110110101 110101110 11111101 1111100000 11010111 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; they is repeated.

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

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