This is an analysis of the poem The Cure For Weariness that begins with:

Seemed like I couldn't stand it any more,
The factory whistles blowin' day by day,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbaba cdcdefef gggghehe ijijfgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010101 01001010111 1111010101 1111011101 0100010100 1111111111 1101110111 0111010001 0100011101 1101110101 1100011111 11010110101 11111111001 11011110001 1111010111 1101110101 1111111111 1101110101 11010010101 1111110101 1100011101 1101010011 1101010111 1101111101 11110111010 1101011011 11010111010 1101010101 1111010111 1101000101 0101010101 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 347
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', i've, my are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Cure For Weariness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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