This is an analysis of the poem Golf Luck that begins with:

As a golfer I'm not one who cops the money;
I shall always be a member of the dubs;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac dbdbefef ghghicic cjcjcccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001111010 11110010001 111110100010 111001100001 111010101010 1001111101 111011101110 1101110111 111011100010 1101010111 1111101000010 11111010101 11010100010 1101111111 11011101010 1111111101 11011111110 1101110101 11111101010 1111011101 01111111110 010111001 11100111010 1101110111 11001110011 0101110101 11010100011 1111111111 111001001111 1001110111 11110111011 1111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 362
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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, 'em, way are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, i'll are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines way is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word way at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Golf Luck;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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