This is an analysis of the poem The Shorter Week that begins with:
I worked for fifty hours a week,
And someone said to me,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBcXcdeed aBXXcdeed aBfXcfaaf aBXXeghhg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101001 111101 10011111 110111 111111010 110101 01011101 01110101 110111 111101001 111101 10111101 110111 110111010 1101001 01110101 01010101 111101 111101001 111101 10111100 110111 111111010 111111 01110001 10110111 101101 111111001 111101 11010111 110101 11011101 010101 11111101 01011011 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Shorter Week;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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