This is an analysis of the poem The Lunger that begins with:
Jack would laugh an' joke all day;
Never saw a lad so gay;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccddbB eeffeeggbB cchhffiijXkkffbB hhbflliiccXiaabB ffaammhhkkaXaacceeffggffjjggXiibB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,16,16,33,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 1010111 1010101 1000101 0111111 1010111 1011101 1110111 1010111 1011101 1001111 1011101 1001101 1111001 1010001 1010111 1110101 1011001 1011100 1010111 1010101 1011101 1110001 1111111 11111001 11111111 1010111 1010111 1101011 1110001 1111101 1011111000 1110101 100101111 1111101 11111001 1010001 1011101 1110101 1000111 1011001 1111001 1011101 1110111 1011101 1111101 1101001 1111101 11110100 10010111 1111101 1011101 1010111 1011101 1110101 1101111 1110101 0011101 00100101 0010101 1111101 1111101 1110101 1010111 1110101 110101100 1111101 1010101 1110111 0010111 0110111 0111101 1010101 1010101 1000101 1110001 1110101 1010111 1110101 1111101 1010111 111111 1110111 1110101 1111111 1011101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 455
- Average number of words per stanza: 86
- Amount of lines: 86
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; so, his, with, gone are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, never, with, his, how are repeated.
The author used the same word then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him, away are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word jack at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Lunger;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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