This is an analysis of the poem Wet Weather Talk that begins with:
It ain't no use to grumble and complain;
It's jest as cheap and easy to rejoice:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAB bcbcXdaa efefddee eaXaggaa gagaeeee XaaaddbbXABAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,8,8,8,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111010101 0111110001 1111010111 1111 11000101 11110101 11110100 111111 10010100 01111111 11010101 11010001 01010100 11111101 11010111 101001 11010111 11111111 01110100 01010101 00010111 01010101 1101111 011111 11011101 11111100 1101101 11011111 010000101 11110111 01010101 010101 11011101 11010101 01011101 010110101 11110101 11011111 110111001 111101 11111111 01011111 01010101 11010100 0111010101 0111110001 1111010111 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, er, too are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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