This is an analysis of the poem Joe Golightly - Or, The First Lord's Daughter that begins with:
A tar, but poorly prized,
Long, shambling, and unsightly,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab acac dede fefe abab gfgX a fhfhffh ihihXih jXjX kkkh XegX alaX abab fmfX ibib keke kXkX aaaa nene dmdm kXXX alaXXcici
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,1,7,7,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011101 1101010 110101 1101110 110101 1111111 010111 01010011 111001 0101010 110101 1101010 110111 1101110 110111 0101110 011101 1111010 111101 1111110 1001101 0101011 010101 1101010 10 010101 11 0110101 11 11111111 110111 11 1110101 11 110101 11 110101010 110011 11 010101 11110010 111101 0110000 1011101 1101111 101101 1101111 1011111 1101010 110101 01010000 110101 0111010 110101 010101000 110101 0101010 1110111 110110 1011111 1111010 111101 00110100 110101 0101110 010101 1100010 1110111 1111010 011111 1111010 1011111 11110100 111101 1011110000 110011 1111110 100101 1101010 110101 10101010 111111 1100110 111101 1110010 101101 1110010 1001011 1101011 1100110 101001010 110101 0101010 111111 110101000 111101 1101010 110101 0111110
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 101
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; him, he, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, he, a, and are repeated.
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- summary of Joe Golightly - Or, The First Lord's Daughter;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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