This is an analysis of the poem Etiquette that begins with:
The BALLYSHANNON foundered off the coast of Cariboo,
And down in fathoms many went the captain and the crew;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabb aaaX ccbc bbdd eeff eebb ddgg bbcc XXhX iibb bbiX hhcc jjjj cchh eeii hXXX aaXX bbbb ffff kkhh bbbbXddff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01000101010100 11010101010101 11010101110101 11010111010001 01010101010101 01000101110101 11011101110111 11010101010101 11001100110001 01010100010001 11011111010101 111010101110101 11011101110001 01001100010111 11111100010101 11110101110101 11010101010001 11000100010101 11011101010101 11010101011111 110010101110101 010101010101001 01010101010011 11010100010111 11010101110001 101010101010001 11011101010111 111010101110101 111110100110111 111010001010101 01110100110111 001010101010100 11110101011000 11010101100001 101010110111101 10111010111000 11011101010110 11010101010011 11110101110101 10101011001110111 11110101101111 11110111100001 11010100110001 1110100101010011110 01011111110011 11010001111100 11010101110101 11010101010111 11011100010001 11110101111101 11110101010011 11000101111101 11110101110101 11100101110011 11010100110101 11010101111100 11110011001001 11111101110111 11010100110111 11010100010001 0101010011001101 101101001101100 110100111000010 110111000101010 10101101010010111 11010101110111 110101010101110 101010110101101100 11110100010111 01010101010101 101110101110101 01111101010001 110101001010101 11010100010101 11000100110101 01010011010101 11111101110101 01011111010101 11010101111101 01000100010100 11110101010011 11011111110101 01111101010001 11111101111101 01010101011101 11010101110101 11010101110101 11010101011111
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, they, on, his, he, had, i, you, each, other, day are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, you, and, they, i are repeated.
The author used the same words they, but 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 he connects the lines.
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- summary of Etiquette;
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