This is an analysis of the poem Butch Weldy that begins with:

After I got religion and steadied down
They gave me a job in the canning works,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXabbcXdXeabdXcXXeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101101 1110100101 1100101101 010010101 110110001 01010010 1110010010010 100101001 110111110 01111101 1111101010 111101110 11111101001 1111011010 110101001 0101101000 1010100111 1101101011 1111010111 1101001010110 11011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 805
  • Average number of words per stanza: 160
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; i, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Butch Weldy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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