This is an analysis of the poem Folks that begins with:
We was speakin' of folks, jes' common folks,
An' we come to this conclusion, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcbdXXX aeffedgfg hhihXjccj cjhjajfjXABebdbiib
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,9,18,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110011101 11100010 1010101111 11001010 1100111001 10111010 0101110111 11001010 1110011101 111011010 11111 01101 011001110 1010111101 01001010 1010111101 11001010 1101111001 011001110 1011111001 001001110 1010100101 11001010 11111 00111 101001110 0111001010 101010110 0110110111 11001010 11100101 11001010 1110111111 11101110 1110011101 11100010 111101111 01001010 1100110101 11001010 10111 11001 101011010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 43
- 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; that, they, to, their, 'em are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Folks;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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