Every Good Boy Does Fine by David Wagoner: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Every Good Boy Does Fine that begins with:

I practiced my cornet in a cold garage
Where I could blast it till the oil in drums...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX Xbbc ddcd efef agfg aXfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010100101 1111010101 111111110111 1011010001010 0111010010011 11100100111 110111111101 1011010101 1111011100101 010101100101 1001001001110010 1001011101 0111110111001 11010011100111 11011101011 10001110101 1111010011101 1101110011 011110110101 10011111111 111111111100 111011111001 1101010011 010010010101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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