This is an analysis of the poem Bob Polter that begins with:
BOB POLTER was a navvy, and
His hands were coarse, and dirty too,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef cbcb dcdc abaX ghgX gigi chcX jjjj jXjX dfdf XccX kbkX lXlk kmkm fXfX lblb fXfX enen fXfX oXoX kXkX pcpc fefX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 01011101 01011111 01011101 11010101 01110111 01010101 11110111 11100101 01111100 11010101 10110100 11110101 010100111 01010111 11000111 11110101 01110101 11010101 01010101 11110101 11110101 01010111 1010001010 11011101 01111110 11010111 1101010000 101010101 01100100 00110101 0111100 101110111 01010100 11010001 01010000 11010101 01010101 01011101 10010101 010100101 01011100 01010101 01011100 01111101 11011100 01011111 11110100 10100101100 11010101 01011101 010111010 110101101 01111101 11011100 110111010 01010101 11010100 11010101 11010100 101110101 01001101 01010101 11010101 101100101 11111000 11001111 110001000 11011101 101111101 01100101 11010101 100110111 11111100 11011111 11111100 101011101 01000100 01000101 11010100 100110101 01010111 011000101 1110100 101111111 11110100 11011111 110111010 010110110 11110100 11001101 110101000 110110101 101110101 1100011 11111101 101111111 11010100 01100011 111111010
- Amount of stanzas: 25
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 100
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, his, he, you, of, my, so, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, a, and, of, my are repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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- summary of Bob Polter;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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