This is an analysis of the poem Jobson Of The Star that begins with:

Within a pub that's off the Strand and handy to the bar,
With pipe in mouth and mug in hand sat Jobson of the Star....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAbXXcXXdX eeddffffgg hheeeeXahX ffhhhhaaffccggee aAeXXXeeffdXeeddhX iijjhhbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,16,18,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01011101110001 01011101110001 1011111011101011 10101110001010100 01001100110010 11010101110101 1110101010101 0111011101001000 010101011101011 11011111110101110 11000101100101 01011111110101 110010001010101 01010101110101 11100111110101 01000100011101 11100111100101 01000100011101 11010111110111 11011111110101 11110101110111 1110101010101 01011101110111 11111111010101 11000101110111 11010101110101 11110111001001 101011101110001 01001101111101 110101111111010 11111101110111 01010101110011 110111011100111 11101101010111 01010001111111 110110111111101 01110111111101 01101111110010 01011101110101 11011101110101 110001001111101 11010001010001 01110111110101 10111111101101 110011010010111 111101010111101 10011101110001 01011101110001 10001110101111110 0101110111000100 10101110100111100 01001101011100 00101100010110 01000101010110 11011101010101 01010100010101 11110001110001 11110001110110 1101011011101 110101010111101 110101011101011 00110101111101 11010001010101 111101111111010 01011101111111 11010101010111 11101101111101 01011101110101 100111011101001 11110111110101 11000101110111 11110101100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 620
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, i, of, for, on, in, i've, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, and, i've are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines town is repeated).

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