This is an analysis of the poem Jim that begins with:
He was jes a plain ever'-day, all-round kind of a jour.,
Consumpted-Iookin'-- but la!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXbcdc aefefgXg eaXaahXh ieXXeadiX XghghhbX hjjjXjhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,9,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101101111001 1001011 010101010110100100 101101 11111111111101001 10101 1111110110110010101 11101 101001111011111 010101 110101101010001 111011 11100110000111 11101011 1110100110011010 101101 1001011110101 1101001 10100101101110 1010110001 10111011011111 110101 11101101000010101001 1111011 1101110110111001 1011101 11111101101011010 10 1111001 10111010101011101 110101 11010111010111 1101010 1001011101101100 11001 10110011111001011 111100101 110110100111 1010101 010111111011011101 111000 111011110101 1101001 1110101100111 100111 1101110111001 0011101 1111111111101101111 11101111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, his, you, and, it, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Jim;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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