This is an analysis of the poem Bowery Blues that begins with:
The story of man
Makes me sick...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdXbe fcXdeacaff ddgabXhaXfeiccb ijkiigigif fhccj dXdicbXXbaciXik k ebkjgfgk dfcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,10,15,10,5,15,1,8,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001 111 0111 1111 1010100 111 1111 111 111 1101 1101 111 101 001 11 01 1 11111 11111 101 11 011 11010100 11 0101 1110 101 0101 10111 101 1001010 10101 11111 10001 0110 101010 00101 0101 1001 011010 1101010 10101 1110 101 0111 11001 01011 1011 100 11 01 11010 111 1100 010 111 1010 1011 001 0100 1010 10 10 101011 1101 10111 1000101 0101010 00101 0100 11 11 1 1 1
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 75
- Average number of symbols per line: 14 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, no are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, no are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).
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- summary of Bowery Blues;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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