This is an analysis of the poem Working Class Hero that begins with:
My brothers knew
The things you know....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcdd e fg aXdeehdih jjXhb j gkcd jdlj XjbbhmXh hmejadeebkjhlbX Bnblbhefd BobiXmhonlkbfjhe Bkdppjmljiadfpbeinj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,2,9,5,1,4,4,8,15,9,16,19,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 0111 1011 100 0111 110101 1101 10001001000 010101 11 1001 011101 01 010 110 10 0 100 1101 101 010 111 101 01 110 100 11 1 0100 1 1110 0110 1 1 1 10 11 11 10 1 11 01 1010 11 1011 1 11010 11 111 101100 10 1 010 01 11 111 101 01 110 00 010100 10 10 01 111 10 10 10110011 1111011 1101 011111 010 1 110 10 010 10 1 11 01 111 110 101 110 0011 11 01 10 100 111 1 1 010 1 10 10 0 1 10
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 102
- Average number of symbols per line: 10 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 2
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Working Class Hero;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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