This is an analysis of the poem 4th Chorus Mexico City Blues that begins with:

Roosevelt was worth 6, 7 million dollars
He was Tight...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa bccd bdbebbfgXf d XXXabXeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,10,1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111010 111 11 111 11 11111 01011 1001001 1001 101 100110 10010 100101010 10001 1101 110 11111 010010 10110 10110 10111 0101 10111 00110 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; covered is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words covered, bittersweet are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase cabbage connects the lines.

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