This is an analysis of the poem Goody Blake And Harry Gill that begins with:
Oh! what's the matter? what's the matter?
What is't that ails young Harry Gill? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eBfBdBdB aeaeghgh ijijdjdj XdXdkeke acachchc ajajclcl icichbhb hchcmcmc fhfhcbcb ababjcjc ajaXhbhb XkiXhehe nbnbjeje ahaheded lhlXeBeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110101010 11111101 110101110 1010101 01010111 0111101 11010101 11010101 010101001 11010101 010111110 01110101 11110111 11010101 01010101 01110101 110101010 11110111 010111010 01110101 11011111 11111101 11011101 11110111 111100110 11011111 011101010 01111101 01010101 10110111 10110111 11011101 1011001110 11111111 010101110 11110101 11011101 01110101 11010101 11110101 110111010 11101111 111101110 10111101 01010111 11011111 11010101 11111101 1110100010 01111101 1101001010 110010101 11011111 110011101 01011111 01010111 110111010 11011101 110101010 11110101 11110101 10110111 110101101 01010101 110111010 01101101 111110010 11101101 110011011 10010111 11110111 11011101 110101010 11010101 011111010 11010101 11011101 01111101 11011101 11010101 111111100 11010101 110101010 11110101 10011101 01110101 11010001 11011101 110101110 11011101 110101110 1110111110 11011101 01000111 11010111 01100101 110101100 11010101 1011101010 1111010101 01110101 11010101 11011111 11011101 110101010 11111101 011101110 01111101 11110101 11010101 01011111 11010111 110101010 11000111 110111110 101100001 11010101 11111111 11111111 11000101 110101110 01110111 110001110 1010101010 01111111 01110101 11110111 01011101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 292
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 128
- 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; chatter, at, and, her, he, by, arm, cold, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, and are repeated.
The author used the same word now at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase chatter connects the lines.
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