The Jazzy Bard by Franklin Pierce Adams: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Jazzy Bard that begins with:

Labor is a thing I do not like;
Workin's makes me want to go on strike; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbbddcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 100011111 101110111 1001101010101 1011010111 01101111101 11010001 010011111 100101101 11100101 11111010111 1111010111 011010111101000110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word can't is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines blues is repeated).

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