This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of The Banjo that begins with:
You couldn't pack a Broadwood half a mile --
You mustn't leave a fiddle in the damp --... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXebe fgfgehehXeie ehehhihiXhXh jcjcjajaXdhX gagXkhkhXfdf hchchdhdXfhf lhlhdcdcXjhj mamadndnXddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101010101 1101010001 1101110101 11001101001 1100010111 0111010101 1101010111 11111011001 0110010101010 10101110011 11101010111 11101010101 00100010101 10001101111 11111010101 0101011111 00100010001 00100010011 1101110101 11101111101 0110010101110 00101011111 1110101111111010 10110011101 10101010111 11101110001 10100010101 00100010101 00111010111 11101010101 11100101111 11111010101 0110010101010 10101011111 111000101010101 11111010101 001001010101 10111010111 11101010001 10101011101 10100010101 10100011111 11111010111 10100010001 011010101010 10111010101 11111111111101 1010010111110 10111011111 10111010111 10111010101 101001100110 10101110001 10101010111 11111010001 11101010001 0110010101010 10111010111 11101010101 10100010001 10111110101 10111111111 10111011101 11111010101 00101010101 10101010101 10101111111 00111110011 0110010101010 10101010101 10111111110111 10100010101 10101010001 11101010101 10101010001 11101110111 1111110101 11101010101 10101010111 00100010001 011011010111 00101111111 10101011010101 10111110101 00101011101 101010101111 10111110111 11100010101 10100010011 00101001101 10101010101 10101010101 0110010101010 11111010111 11101010111 10101010011
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 595
- Average number of words per stanza: 108
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; you, and, tumpa, of, i, tunka, he, that, tinka, tunes, lunka, ra are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, so, in, i, he, where, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Song Of The Banjo;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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