This is an analysis of the poem Old Tom that begins with:
The harridan who holds the inn
At which I toss a pot,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd dXdXaeae fafafXfX ghgheeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001101 111101 01110011 011111 01110101 111111 11011111 110101 11010101 110001 11011111 0111010 11011101 010101 11111101 111101 11100101 110001 01011101 111101 11111101 010011 10110101 110110 10110101 010001 11111101 110101 11111111 011101 01110001 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 340
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Old Tom;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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