This is an analysis of the poem Alicante Lullaby that begins with:

In Alicante they bowl the barrels
Bumblingly over the nubs of the cobbles...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaaaXX bbaaccb aaXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011010 10010010010 101010100 010110110100 10111 00100 100101110 10101011110 10010110110 1010010010 01101010010 11101 011011 10110111110 1010010011010 11010011110 1011111000 1001001011000 111010 0101000 10011001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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