This is an analysis of the poem The Odyssey Of 'Erbert 'Iggins that begins with:

Me and Ed and a stretcher
Out on the nootral ground....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdeXdXcfXX gchhXXiXci jeXcXaXjjb gXgkXbXbXfeef gXglefXeXamddmXfXfaXeeX ejkkjeneXnXXceXcXccXbbjXcgcaXoobXXXX gcXlcXcccXoXeoah ahadXdnjnjgcffcgjXjXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,10,10,13,23,36,16,23,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 110101 01111110 10101001 1110010 1001011 10001001 1010110 1100101 11110100 101101 11011 1111 100101 100110110 1001111 11001 101001 11111010 1110110010 11101001 11101 11011 11111001 11111111 111101 1111 110011 0101101 1011110 101011011 11111 01111 011011011 101101010 111111010 011011010 101111101 010110110 01001001 010110110 101011001 111010110 01101001 101011 101001 11111111 101101010 111010110 11010010 11111011 11010010 01011111 01011 01001 11001101 111011110 1001001 001011 101011 1101001 111111010 11101011 01011011 11001111 1101010010 10011101 11011 001001 1111101110 110010110 00101001 11011 01111 101001001 1011010010 11101101 101001 101111 101101001 010110110 01011001 111110010 11001011 010111010 11001011 10101010110 111101001 111111010 111101010 101011 001101 1010001101 10100110110 111001111 11011110 110111001 010110110 1110011101 111111 101101 111101011 1111110110 01111011 1110111010 1111100010 1011010010 01101101 01101 111101 01011101 0110111110 011101011 110100110 01001010 0110111010 01001011 11011 101001 1110100101 1110010110 11011101 110110110 11001001 111010110 11111111 0111111011 11010011 110110111 11011011 110010011 101011011 110010010 01011011 11101 111011 11010000 11101010 11011011 111110110 100101 110111110 111110110 0111011110 1101101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 628
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 145
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; 'e, and, it's, it, you, we, down, 'earted are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words got, there, the, and, which, it's are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines 'earted is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase me connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Odyssey Of 'Erbert 'Iggins;
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  • history of its creation;
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