This is an analysis of the poem The Story Of Uriah that begins with:

Jack Barrett went to Quetta
Because they told him to.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXa XbCbXb XdXdXd XedeCe XXbefgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 011110 1101110 1110101 1101110 1011111 1101010 110101 0100001 0010101 0101010 1011101 1101010 111101 0101110 0110101 11010111 110111 1101110 010101 11100010 010101 0100001 0010101 11011101 100101 10111010 0011101 11011101 110001 11010001 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Story Of Uriah;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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