This is an analysis of the poem Chicago that begins with:
Hog Butcher for the World,
Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcd XedafghebfXXccghd ce Xcccc iXcedjej c XXig
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,17,2,5,8,1,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 1101001 1001110101100 101010 1000110 11111101101011 111101010011 10011 11111110111010 0111101011110 101 111111101101010 1001011011101 01010 1101011111011 1101101110101 1100 111101010010110 1100011111110 1001010010101011 11001110110010 10110 1101011011010 101010010100 1000 10 10 10 1010010 1001111001100 11 10010010010010101 11 10101110010111 101010 1011011001001 11001010010 10 100101010100 1110101001 101101001100 11111000010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word laughing is repeated.
The author used the same word laughing 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 laughing connects the lines.
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- summary of Chicago;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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