This is an analysis of the poem When Nellie's On The Job that begins with:

The bright spots in my life are when the servant quits the place,
Although that grim disturbance brings a frown to Nellie's face;...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddbbcc ddeeff aaXacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01101111010101 11110101010101 01010111110001 01110100110111 01010101011101 11011101110101 11000101110110 11011101110101 01110111101111 11110011110101 10010101111101 11010100110101 11110101110101 11011101010101 11010101111111 10111111110101 10010011010101 11110111110101 11010101110101 11011101010101 1111001010101100 01110101110111 11011101110101 01110101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 365
  • 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; and, that are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word job at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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