This is an analysis of the poem 2nd Chorus Mexico City Blues that begins with:

Man is not worried in the middle
Man in the Middle...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a abcb cXb c daXa deXe aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,3,1,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100010 10010 0110 11010 0110 1010 0101 11 10010 11 11 110 01 01 11 110 01 11110001 1110000 1011 0101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 49
  • Average number of words per stanza: 10
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of 2nd Chorus Mexico City Blues;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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