This is an analysis of the poem 50-50 that begins with:

I’m all alone in this world, she said,
Ain’t got nobody to share my bed, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabX abaacX cXac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 110100111 111110111 111110111 010010 11111 11100111 10010 11111 011011111 111101 101 11011111 11111 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ain is repeated.

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  • summary of 50-50;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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