This is an analysis of the poem All In A Family Way that begins with:
My banks are all furnished with rags,
So thick, even Freddy can't thin 'em;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacac cdedfcfc agaghchC dadaeceC ijijXcic ececcXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111001 111010110 11111101 1010110100 1100110110 10011011 110110110 101001001 111010101 11001001 110011110 11001101 111110010 11111111 100010110 11001001 110010110 010100010 110010110 010011010 11101001 11011001 11101111 11001001 110010110 110110011 110110111 110011010 111110110 01011011 110111110 11001001 111010010 11111001 1100011110 11001001 11001110 010101101 11001001 1110001001 1111010110 01011101 1011110010 111101001 111010011 010110010 11110110010 110010010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.
The author used the same word my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word way at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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