This is an analysis of the poem Master And Man that begins with:

Do ye ken hoo to fush for the salmon?
If ye'll listen I'll tell ye.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccc adXddXXX bebedfdf XXXXdXXX XbXbXgXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011010 0110111 1010011110 1110011 1010011110 11111 1101111110 101001 10111011010 1110010 110110110 111010 0111110110 111101 1010011110 111101 1111111011 111010 0111101111 111110 1011010010 101001 1111100110 101101 1111011010 1111010 1010110010 1011110 111110110 111001 110110110 111101 111111110 1110011 1010111110 110011 111010010 1001011 1011110010 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ye, to, na, and, be are repeated.

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