This is an analysis of the poem Andrew Jones that begins with:

I hate that Andrew Jones; he'll breed
His children up to waste and pillage. ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcCB deffe Xgffg ahiih gaiia XXffXXdbcCB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110111 010101110 11011101 00100111 1110010 11100111 101101110 11011101 01011111 0101010010 10110101 11011101 01010111 10110101 11111111 11011101 101101010 10010101 01011111 0110010 010110111 11011111 01000111 10011101 11010101 11110101 11010101 110100101 10110101 111101010 110111111 010101110 11011101 00100111 1110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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 he, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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