This is an analysis of the poem The Sheep And The Goats that begins with:

I don't mind working to earn my bread,
And I'd just as soon keep straight;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABababcdcdcd eacca fgffg hghhg eieee jhjjh giggi bbba hihhiXABabab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,5,5,5,5,5,5,4,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100111 1111111 110010101 01111101 110101101 1111011 011111101 1101111 1011110101 0111001 111010101 1010101 111110101 10110111 110001101011 11110100101 1100101 1110100101 1110101 11111011 10010101 1100111 111010111 1011101 111010101 101101111 1011101 111111111 11101111 11110100101 00100110111 111111 111011101 1011111 1010100111 111011101 0011101 1100110111 0100101 1111001001 00110110101 0101111 111101111 111110111101 1111111 111011011 1011011101 0010101 1010110101 011100111 1111101 111100111 1111111 1010010101 00111101 10100111001 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; his, to, have, you, or, and, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words have, or, when, and, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word have at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Sheep And The Goats;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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