This is an analysis of the poem The Cow-Juice Cure that begins with:
The clover was in blossom, an' the year was at the June,
When Flap-jack Billy hit the town, likewise O'Flynn's saloon....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaX bbccddXX eefXXffaXaagg hXaaff iiggjjhX jjiXaa jjcckk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,13,6,8,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01010101011101 11110101111001 01110101011101 1101011010010 10010111111001 101010101111101 11010100111111 11110111110101 1010010101010 1101110101001010 11010101010010 100101011101110 110110100101 11110100011001 1010101011111011 1010101111101010 10 11010110111101 11110001110001111 11011101100001 1010101010110010 11011101110001 11010101010001 11010001111100111 110111010110111 10101011111010111 010101011101010 10110111010101 11110101010001 11000101111111 1001000101010001 10111110111011101 10110111110111 01110101110101 11110011110111 10011111111101 01110101110101 11010101010111 110011011101110 11010111010101 01011101110101 11010111110001 1010101010100010 11111101100011 11011111110111 11110101111101 11110001111001 11010011110111 11010000010011 11111100011101 001110100110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 455
- Average number of words per stanza: 80
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (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; you, an', they, them are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', they, it's are repeated.
The author used the same word an' at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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