This is an analysis of the poem Pullman Porter that begins with:

The porter in the Pullman car
Was charming, as they sometimes are....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXccdX eeffcccX gghhddii ddddbbXX bbffhhXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000101 11011011 111101101 011101010 1111001101 1111010 11110111 01110100 11010111 11110101 11111111 101110111 11110101 10111111 11110101 1011010100 11010111 11011111 11011001 00110001 11001101 101110111 01010101 11110111 101110101 11010001 1111011 11010101 11111101 11010101 111101100 1101001100 1110101 11111111 11111101 01111101 010111110 110111010 010101110 010111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; he, of, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Pullman Porter;
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  • history of its creation;
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