This is an analysis of the poem Mr. Molony’s Account Of The Ball that begins with:

O will ye choose to hear the news,
Bedad I cannot pass it o'er:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdedf XXXXXgag hiXiXada iahadjaj ieXfaaXa dXdaiaia aXjXXiai Xicidaba bXXXdiei aihikiki
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101 101101010 11110101 001000100 10011111 11110111 11010101 011010100 110110010 01111000 11011110 1101110 01111110 11010101 11011111 01010101 11010101 11000101 1110110010 10010101 110111001 11110111 01010101 11000111 11010111 01010001 110110101 11010111 01010111 00011101 110100101 11101101 01011101 11010111 01010111 01000100 11011101 11011111 11111111 110011001 010011101 01010100 10010101 110010100 11110101 10010101 11010101 01010101 11111111 1101100 11011101 0101100 1110110100 10010101 1110000101 11010101 111001011110 11001001 1101011010 10010101 111101111 11010111 11010111 11010101 1111010101 11011100 11010011 110111100 111111111 110111111 1010011101 101000101 111111011 11011101 11010111 01010101 111111011 11001101 111010101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and, with, his, such, there are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same words was, there at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase there connects the lines.

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  • summary of Mr. Molony’s Account Of The Ball;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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