This is an analysis of the poem Little Oliver that begins with:
EARL JOYCE he was a kind old party
Whom nothing ever could put out,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdXd cece Xcfc egXg chca cbcX ijij ikik elel mnmn e mmmXmmOomO Xefe cfcf jXjk bpbp anan abaX jhjh ahah mpmp ajaj jXjb adad qeqe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,10,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111101110 11010111 110111110 11010101 111100010 01010101 11010100100 110001001 110111010 010100101 001100010 01110101 010101010 01011100 110111010 11010100 111111010 01011111 111101000 01110101 010111010 11010101 111101010 11011100 110101010 01000111 111001110 111101110 110111110 111100101 110101010 11010101 010101011 11110010 011011011 0100010 010101010 01010101 110001010 01001101 1101001010 11010101 110100010 11110101 10 110111010 010011010 11010 11100 11010 11010 1010111 1010111 10101010 1010111 111111010 11110001 101101010 11110110 110111110 11110101 111101010 11110101 111111010 0001010110 110101010 11010010 110101110 11011101 010101010 11010111 111011010 01110101 010101110 11010101 10100101010 101110101 111101010 011111000 010101010 01010101 010100010 01100111 110101110 01010111 010111010 01000101 10101101010 101010101 011111010 01010101 1011111010 11110111 111100100 11111101 1011101110 110101110 111101010 10010001 100101010 00010101 0111100010 11110101 010101010 01010101 010101010 11001101
- Amount of stanzas: 26
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 108
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; he, no, la, ever, singing, tra, his, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, ever, he, his, a, i 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.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines la is repeated).
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