This is an analysis of the poem My Prisoner that begins with:

We was in a crump-'ole, 'im and me;
Fightin' wiv our bayonets was we;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcaXX ddXXceec XXaXXaac XcXfgaag hhiicddX iiXXbfXX hhXcbaaX iijjhXXXXccggaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011111 101110111 1011111 10111001 011111101 1111111 1110101 111010101 111110101 101010111 0110111 1010111 111010101 1011101 1111001 111010101 011010101 111110111 1010011 101101011 10111100100 101101011 10110101 011110111 1001110101 101111101 0111101 1111101 0111011001 0111101 1110101 10100110 1000111111 10111101 1010101 0010111 1111010101 1111001 1111101 01011101110 111110111 111010101 11110101 1011111 111011111 0110101 11111011 10101110111010 1111010101 111011101 10100010 10001110101 111101101 1010011 1101101 10111111100 101111101 111010101 10110101 1010111 100011111 101110011 10110111 1000111001010 111110011 111010101 1110101 1111101 111110110 1111111 10111101 101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; we, fightin', as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words fightin', 'ow, that's are repeated.

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  • summary of My Prisoner;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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