This is an analysis of the poem The Duel that begins with:
In Pat Mahoney's booze bazaar the fun was fast and free,
And Ragtime Billy spanked the baby grand;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbXcXc dedefXfe ghghacaX agaghehX bibijaja gcgcaXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01100101011111 1111010101 1100010111011 0101010001 11000100011101 0101010101 1001111111010110 1100010101 11010101010001 10101010101 01001101110101 01011100101 11110100111101 11101010010 111010101111011 1011010101 11010100110101 1101010101 1101110110111 1101011101 111110110011101 1101010101 11110101010101 111101010100 11010111011101 1001010101 100011101110101 1101011111 01010110110101 1101111101 01011111111101 11110111010 11110101111101 1111010101 010100101110101 01111101001 111111011111001 1101010101 11011101010111 1100111111 01110101110011 1111110001 11010111110101 1100111001 10101110111110111 1111011101 01110100110111 111010110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 411
- Average number of words per stanza: 77
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on, he, man, and, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of The Duel;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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