This is an analysis of the poem When Albani Sang that begins with:

Was workin' away on de farm dere, wan
morning not long ago,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcdeX dXdXddbX aXaXfXfg afdfdXbX XdhXiddX jdaXdbfX XjajgkgX aXfXlggX dXXfbdaX agmgkaea djjXgXXX ccXciXag lfndfXXX fXXlgXXX idXdXnao pfifdXXX mqhqXbfX cdddpXXg Xfofarcr XXXXXXXd rXiXacXX XbXbfXqg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100110111 101101 100111011 11101 11011101 101111 101011010 1111111 1111110111 1101101 11101010101 111 111010101 1011111 110111011 110110 1110100101 110110 1011011110 11110 11100110101 101101 1001011011 1110101 110110110110 0111 110110110110 01111 100001011011 101101 11111010011 00101 111111010 11111111 11111101011 11111 1111001110 0110101 11100100101 110101 111101111111 10111 1111111011 11101 1110111010101 11011 11111110101 101011 1011101101 0110111 110101010111 0111 1111111111 111101 01011110111 11111 110111010010 11111 110110011011 11010 01011111011 01011 1100101111111 1001 101101001110 1101100 111110100111 111 11011101011 111001 10110011011 11101 1011010101111 1001 1110111110 1111101 1101111110 1011011 111011011010 11101 11101101111 1111111 11111111111 101010 111111010111 01010 1011101110 111011111 10001111101 1011011 1111110111 01101101 110110111110 11001 1111101101 1110101 11110101001 111100 10111110101010 11011 0100111101 101101 111110110110 11100 11111111101 100011 1101111111 1011111 11101101101 0100110 11101011010 11110 0110101111010 11001 11111101011 111111 101010101010 101010 11011111001 10101 111010101110 1011 111011011110 11111 111111010101 10110 11111011111 101100 111010011110 011 1110011011 1100111 111111010111 11011 11101101001 1110 1101110101101 111 110010111101 111 10101101111 1101101 11111101111 110101 11111111001 101111 11100101111101 101 010011011101 001 111011111111 11101 1100100101101 1101 11101001011 11100 1011011010101 110 111111011111 10111 10111111101001 01111 110111011110 0101 111001101011 0101 1001111110 1101 1101111101 110101 10110011101 110111 1111111101 101101 1111111011 10100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 176
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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, on are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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