This is an analysis of the poem Gentle Gaoler that begins with:
Being a gaoler I'm supposed
To be a hard-boiled guy;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc bdbddd ebebee fgfgee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010001 000111 11010101 010111 10110101 0111 10010111 110101 11011001 110101 11010101 0101 01000101 010101 11010001 010110 11110101 0111 11110011 111101 11110101 010101 11111111 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Gentle Gaoler;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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