This is an analysis of the poem Bateese And His Little Decoys that begins with:
O I'm very very tire Marie,
I wonder if I'm able hol' a gun... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcdXd efeXghihh jajXaXklklf cXgigcccXd ghgXhbXXXb mXhnkndinicm XXmXXXaXaXb nanXkciXiX mmamlmXXibXb abnmbbXmjid jbjXXdkdf XgidiXi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,11,10,10,12,11,10,12,11,9,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101001 1100010101 11111010101 1101010110101 110111001110 1 11111101010 10110101 11011101001 11101110101 11101111101 111010101111 11 1011011111001 11 01110101011 0111101101 1100011101 1111100101 1111110110 1 1110101010101 11 1111111111 11 1111111101 10 111110111 10 11101001111 0110111111 1101010001 010110101111 101 101100100101 11 101011111010 10101010111 01101110111 110101010101 110101011 1 111100111110 10 11101110011 10 111111101110 10011111011 11 111111111 101 1111110101 01101010101 101110101010 111 110101101011 1 111110110111 0 11011111 10 11101011111 1100101001 1110110111 11111010101 0101 1010111010101 01 011110111 10 111111111 001111011 10111010101 1101011100 111 11110111011 1 10100110110 101 11011111110 1101000101 10111010001 0110101111010 1 11110101101 11 111101011101 01 111011111 10101 10110101111 10 1111111 101 111100101010 101 1011110111 11101 1111010111 1101 110111011111 11 1111101010 11101010101 1111110101 10111110111 10101111110 11101011111010 10 1010110111011 1010 110111101010 01111100111 01 1110111101 111101111110 111 11010101110 01
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 120
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; an', he, de, you, ma, quack, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', de are repeated.
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