This is an analysis of the poem The Gramaphone At Fond-Du-Lac that begins with:

Now Eddie Malone got a swell grammyfone to draw all the trade to his store;
An' sez he: "Come along for a season of song, which the like ye...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX bbcX ddXX aaee ccaa ffcX XXcc ggXX hhdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100110110001101001 111100110100110111101000 110111101111001001 10010110111001010 111011110111011101 110011100111001001 1100111011101001001 111011110101001100 101000011101111101001 11111001001111111001 110010100101011000 101111101101101010110 1101110100111111011 11101101110111011011 110111100101101101 1110111000101001001 11011111111111111011 11001010001111101011 110011111011111011 1110111011111011011 110011111101001101 0110101001101101011 01011101001010011001 011011101101001100 110111111101101011 110110100110110010010 1100110110001011011 1111110101111111101 1110111111111001101 11101001001101101001 1111011111111101011011 1110111101110110101100 11011010111111001 01011101101001110001 111101101011101101011 1010001010111110001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 298
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 80 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', to, of, there, on, in, they, them, 'twas, me are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, 'twas are repeated.

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  • summary of The Gramaphone At Fond-Du-Lac;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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