This is an analysis of the poem Thomas Winterbottom Hance that begins with:
IN all the towns and cities fair
On Merry England's broad expanse,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef aaaa bcbc bcXX XeXX gaga ghgh iXif cjcj dgdg klkl didi baXa baba fXfX mkmk bXbX fXfX XbXbXgggg
- 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 tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01011101 11010101 11010101 01010001 01011101 01010001 01010101 100110001 11110101 01001101 11011101 11010101 11010101 01110101 110100101 11100011 010010111 01011111 11010101 11111101 100011101 1100111 110111110 110101011 101111001 11010101 11011101 011101110 110010111 11110111 1100110111 11010001 11010111 01010101 11111101 01000101 111000101 011101010 11110101 11010001 011010101 11000101 01110101 11010101 110101001 01010101 1010101001 10100101 110100101 01010111 101111111 11010111 11010111 01010111 11110101 01110111 110110111 01111101 1110101110 10000011001 01010101 11011001 01111101 010111001 110110111 101101110 1011101101 10001010101001000 01000101 11110001 10011111 10010101 11010101 1011111111111 111101101 10110001110 110110111 110101110 10100001101 10101111100 111111110 101010101 1011101110 11010101 111101101 1001100101 11010101 11100101
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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, and, ha, ho are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, and, the, said are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word pierre at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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