This is an analysis of the poem Mickey M'Grew that begins with:

It was just like everything else in life:
Something outside myself drew me down,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXabacdbbXcXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111101101 101111111 1111011 1110111010 01010101 1110100101 111011100 110111101 010110110 1111010101 1111101001 110001011 110011101 1001110010010 111001001 111111 110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 633
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, down are repeated.

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

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