This is an analysis of the poem The Electric Slide Boogie that begins with:

New Year's Day 1:16 AM
and my body is weary beyond...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcbccXa dXdXXeXcdXeeXc XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,14,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 111001001 100111 10101101011 101001 110011 110101 10101110 100010010 0010111111 010101110110 00110101 10110101 00010110 110 010100010 1011 010110 101010010101 1101 11010 001110 0100 10101010 110001 001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Electric Slide Boogie;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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