This is an analysis of the poem Jim that begins with:
We couldn't make him out; he seldom spoke;
We never caught him smiling at a joke -...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabXccddd eeffggeeddbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101111101 1101110101 1111010111 1111110101 1101011101 1111110101 1110111101 0111110101 110110101 110011110 1 0011010111 0001010111 1111010101 1101111111 1101110101 0101011101 01010011101 1101000101 1101010111 1110110001 1100111110 1111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 946
- Average number of words per stanza: 188
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; he is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.
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- summary of Jim;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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