This is an analysis of the poem Men And Dreamers that begins with:

IT'S one o' my idees that men ain't all of fightin' stock,
They ain't all built fer ploughin' or fer hewin' out a rock; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc bbbbdd eeffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01111011110101 11111101110101 111111101011101 11010111111101 10011110010111 011101110110101 11111101110101 111010101011101 11111101110111 111011101111101 1111010111010111 111010111010101 111110101111111 011011101010101 101111100010011 1111111011110101 11010000101010111 111010101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 387
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; fer, all, there's, an', men, love, i, 'em, they are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Men And Dreamers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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