This is an analysis of the poem On The Way that begins with:

Little one, you have been buzzing in the books,
Flittering in the newspapers and drinking beer with lawyers ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXXXXXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010001 100001101101010 1010101010011101011001011 1110011101101 011101011111 11010111110101 001110110101101101 11101101111111 111010001110110110010010 1110111 11101011101011 111101001101110111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 396
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on, mob, and are repeated.

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