This is an analysis of the poem The Front Tooth that begins with:
A-sittin' in the Bull and Pump
With double gins to keep us cheery...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX ababXX cXcXXX dadaXX efefXX ghghXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01000111 010101110 110111010 101111111 101101111 1110111110 110110101 110111010 11111111 110101010 111101110 1110101110 11011111 111111110 11010101 011011010 110111111 11100111110 110110111 011101010 01100111 010100010 101111011 1110101010 110110111 111111110 10111101 110100010 110101111 111010001 101111111 111111110 01111011 010111010 1111110101 11011011000
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; to, i, smile are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words says, you'll are repeated.
The author used the same word says at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase smile connects the lines.
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- summary of The Front Tooth;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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