This is an analysis of the poem Rolling Stone that begins with:
I ain't a-goin' to sign in this ship, sonny,
Nor sail in 'er no more:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abABcX XdXdXd ceceXe fgfaXg abABcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100100110 110111 010010111110 111101 1111011111 1110010 01111100011 010111 011110110101 110111 01111011011 1011101 01101101110 11011 111110111110 1011111 110011011010 111101 111011111010 1100101 111011110010 1011110 101111011100 1110101 111010010110 001111 010010111110 111101 111110111011 1110010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, i, an', to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', or are repeated.
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