This is an analysis of the poem A Hymn To The (Jail) Super that begins with:

In your jail you care for us to the hilt,
blessed you are, blessed you are! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAXA bXXa XXXA bXXXA X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111111001 111111 010100110 111111 11101111 00111101 01010101101 11100011 10111011 110011 1100101101 111111 1101111 10010111010 01010101 101111010 111111 010010101000101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; you, blessed are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word are at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of A Hymn To The (Jail) Super;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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