This is an analysis of the poem Oh! Susanna that begins with:
1 I came from Alabama
2 wid my ban jo on my knee,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcbdb bb eXfgebdb bb chahdbdb bb XfafgbfbXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,8,2,8,2,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101010 11111111 101001010 1111101 101110111 1010011 101111101 1010111 1101010111111 111010101111111 11111010101 111001010 101010101 11111010 101010111 1110111 111110111 1010111 1101010111111 111010101111111 11111010101 11100111 11111010 1010101 101111001 1011001 111110001 1010111 1101010111111 111010101111111 111110001100 1111111 11111010 1110101 11011110 11101101 11101110 1010111 1101010111111 111010101111111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; my, de, i are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Oh! Susanna;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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