This is an analysis of the poem Ring Ring The Banjo that begins with:

De time is nebber dreary if de darkey nebber groans;
De ladies nebber weary wid de rattle of de bones:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb X cc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010100010101 01010101010001 11010101010101 11010101010111 10 11011111011 101111111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, nebber are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word de is repeated.

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