This is an analysis of the poem Jes' Wonderin'! that begins with:
I WONDER if they're bitin' way off yonder in the bay!
I wonder if they're fightin' very hard t' git away! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc Xaddcc eeddbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001101110001 11001101011101 11001101110101 1111010111101 11001101011101 1110101001010101 1100010111111 11100111111101 110011001110101 11111001100101 10110101110111 1001010010101001 11000111011111 11010111100111 11001111111110 111101001111111 11110001010101 11110101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 339
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, if, they're, wonder, an' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, an' are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word here at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Jes' Wonderin'!;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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