This is an analysis of the poem The Change-Worker that begins with:

A feller don't start in to think of himself, an'
the part that he's playin' down here,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabacdedbfgf hdaddXbXXebE bdXdXehebiXi cjijagdgXebE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010110010011 01111011 111111001101 111101011 01111101011 101101011 11110110101 111001011 11101001101 001101011 100101110001 01101001 1111111101110 1101011 111001101101 100111101 0100100101110 1111011 10100101000001 001101 1110010110011 1101011 0010001010011 11001000 010111010111 11101001 110111110111 1101011 10111110101 111001001 1010010100110 1011101 11001111001 101111101 101111001001 111101001 11101111101 001111011 01111101011 111101001 001101011001 111001011 1100100100111 101001 1011110010011 11101001 1010001010011 11001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 522
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; to, his, he, an', i, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', he, that are repeated.

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