This is an analysis of the poem The Weary Blues that begins with:

Droning a drowsy syncopated tune,
Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccBBdbXDeedeDaafXXX ggdfdfXXaafff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1001010101 1011100101 110101 11101010101 10111001111 100101 100101 00111101 001001111001 111101010100 11 10011101001 1111101101001 11 1000111 11 001110010101 111101110101 1011110101 11111111 1101110 111101010 111101101 1101111111 1010101 1110101 10101 110101 111011 11111110 11000111011 011111001 0101101101 1010110101 1110110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 615
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • 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; thump, i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, ain't, and, the are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sway is repeated).

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  • summary of The Weary Blues;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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