This is an analysis of the poem What We Need that begins with:
We were settin' there an' smokin' of our pipes, discussin' things,
Like licker, votes for wimmin, an' the totterin'thrones o' kings,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbb ccaabb aaddbb eeaabX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 101011100111001 1101110101000011 11111010001111 101110101111111 100101110011111 101010101010111 11010101010111 001011111110111 111110111110001 001010111010011 101111101110001 11010101010101 110111011100101 11011101010101 111111111010101 11011100110011 0011111001101 101010111011001 111010100110111 1010101010011101 011010101010101 1110100101011111 111000101110001 101010101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 364
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', with, our, of, they, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' is repeated.
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- summary of What We Need;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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