This is an analysis of the poem A Case For Kings that begins with:

I've never had much truck with kings
(Said old George Jones). For all my days... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXabXbc bdbdefef acacXgXg hahahdhd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 11111111 11011101 11111101 11111101 111110010 11011111 11110101 11111111 01010111 11110101 01001101 11001111 11101011 110011101 11011101 11011111 11110101 11010001 11111101 011100110 10010101 10010111 10110101 11101111 11110101 11011101 10011101 11111111 11011101 10010101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 292
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; my, and, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of A Case For Kings;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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