This is an analysis of the poem King Whiskey that begins with:
King Whishey's father down in Hell,
He rubbed his hands with glee,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abAbcdcX efeffdfX gegehihi jejebcbX eeeeefef efefjajaXbgbgabAb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 110101 11110101 010111 11010101 110101 01010101 0100101 01110101 011101 01010101 1111001 11110101 111101 11011011 0101010 11010101 0100101 11010001 110001 01011101 110101 10010101 111101 11010101 011101 11010101 110101 010010101 110111 11110011 111101 11110101 010111 11010101 110001 11110101 111101 11010101 111101 110100111 110101 01010101 011101 11011101 110101 11011101 110101 11010111 110111 11011101 010110 11010101 110101 11110101 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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