This is an analysis of the poem The Oyster Schooner that begins with:

W'at's all dem bell a ringin' for, a can
hear dem ev'ry w'ere?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdXXDddedf eXaXdX XDdXdXf ageXXgcDXDhdXf aiaiXXcDXdXdXf XdXdXXXdgdfdf eXXXbX Xdhdgdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,6,7,14,14,13,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010101 11101 11011001011 1010 11010111111 101 1010111011 10101 0100101011010 1 10100110010 101 101110101110 11110111110 111 111010101101 10 1100111010 110 110111011 10101 1101110110101 111111010111 10101 1110101011 10 1011100111 10111 11011101110 10 11110110110 101 1110101101 10101 10101110111 10101 010110100101 01 1110101011 10 11011101101 001 110011011101 01 1101110111 011001 1111011101 10101 11010101100 01 11111111010 001 1110101011 10 1100110110 1001 1101110111 1101 10111010101 0101 1010111011101 01 10101011101 01 111010111110 101 111011101110 11010111010 1 11011101010 101 111101110111 1111 11111010110 101 110111010101 101 1111101011 0111 1011110101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 298
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; de, you, dey are repeated.

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  • summary of The Oyster Schooner;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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