This is an analysis of the poem Mc'Clusky's Nell that begins with:
In Mike Maloney's Nugget bar the hooch was flowin' free,
An' One-eyed Mike was shakin' dice wi' Montreal Maree,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbbbcXaXddeeccfgaX bbhhcciiaX jXffaakkXX ddeeXbllaX bbgXmmjXaX ccXlaaXeaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,10,10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01100101011101 1111110111011 110100101011100 11010101110101 110101010111111 0110101010101 11010101110001 1111010101010100 10111101111111 1101110011011 10100001010101 11111100101101 11111101111101 11011101010101 11111111100101 110011101010001 10010101111101 11111101110101 11110101100101 11011111011011 01110111111111 11010111111101 11110001110101 11110001011101 10011111010101 11011101110001 1101101110011 11110111100111 11110101100011 100011110011011 11011100110111 1011111010111110 11010101111101 01010101010101 11111101110101 01011111110001 110101011101101 110101011101001 111101111101000 10110111011011 11111101110111 11111101010111 110101011100111 11110101110101 10011000111010000 11010101110101 11010111111101 01011101101101 01111111011101 101111101011011 111111101011001 10110111011111 11010111111111 1100010111011100 11010101011111 11110101110111 1011101010010111 10101010001010100 10111101110101 111101110011011 11011101010101 11110101111001 10110101110110 10110001111101 11010010110101 1101010101101 1111010110010 11011100111101 11010111010111 1101111111011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 705
- Average number of words per stanza: 130
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (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; an', to, so are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', it, you are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word maree at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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