This is an analysis of the poem Another Plan that begins with:

Editor Owen, of San Jose,
Commonly known as 'our friend J.J.'... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbbbbc cddXXbbeEeeXX AXeEcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,13,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100100111 10011111 1001001101 1001011111 11110111 1110011111 0010010111 100100111 010010111 11011101001 1100110101 10100011101 100100101 11111101 1101101111 1001011111 0110100100 100110101 110011101001 1100101111 100100111 10011111 1001100101 1001011111 10011101 101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 323
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • 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; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word weary is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Another Plan;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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