This is an analysis of the poem Ole Tam On Bord-A-Plouffe that begins with:
I lak on summer ev'ning, w'en nice cool win' is blowin'
An' up above ma head, I hear de pigeon on de roof,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXb XcXc XbXX dXdX bXbX XXXX eXeb fgXX cgcg ffXf XcXX hbhXXgcgc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101111010 11011111010101 01111111101010 011001101110101 101111111111010 11010001111110 0110110111010 11110101110101 11110101101010 11010101110101 1110111101010 11111101110101 01111101111011 11001110010111 01110101111011 111111011100110 11011101101010 11111101110101 11011111101010 1101010110101 11011101101011 1111011111110 11001010111111 1101010111010 1111110110101 11010101010100 11011111111010 01010101010111 111111010111011 1011110110101 1010101011011111 11110110110101 11111101111010 10011101110111 110101001101110 111011110010 1110101011101011 111011101111111 1010101010101011 111011101110111 1010101011110010 1011001101010111 1110101110100110 10111111011101 1010101010101010 11010111110101 11111101111010 11011010011111 11011101111010 11110101110101 111010111101010 111101011110 111101001011111 11111101110111 1011111001111111 111010111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, an', i, he's, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' is repeated.
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