This is an analysis of the poem Hard Luck that begins with:
Ain't no use as I can see
In sittin' underneath a tree ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeedd aaccaaaaffcc aaffddaagghh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 01010101 11011101 11110101 111101110 110101110 01110111 11111101 111101111 11110001 11011111 11110111 01010101 11010101 00101111 11011101 11110111 01111001 11011101 011111001 11111101 11010101 11011111 11110101 01110111 11010101 11011111 01001111 11010101 11011111 11010111 11011101 11010111 11010101 11111101 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 430
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; your, an', he, see, some, never, has are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', some, has are repeated.
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- summary of Hard Luck;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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