This is an analysis of the poem Contradictin' Joe that begins with:
Heard of Contradictin' Joe?
Most contrary man I know....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaX bbb ccc aaa bbb ccc dXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010001 1100111 1110111 1010111 1110001 1001110 0110001 1001001 1100111 1010101 1011001 1110101 1011111 11100111 1010111 1110111 1010111 1100101 1111101 1000111 1000101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; you is repeated.
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- summary of Contradictin' Joe;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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