This is an analysis of the poem Passing The Buck that begins with:
Whatever the task that comes your way,
Just take it as part of your luck.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXaXB cbcB XbbbB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110011111 11011011 101100111 10 1 111001 1101 1101111011 11011001 110111101 1101 010011110 10011011 01101001101 1111101011 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; whether, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word don't is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word buck at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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