This is an analysis of the poem A Few Jokes Told While I Do It that begins with:

It's difficult to get people up off of their knees.
Especially if they believe, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXb X XcbX XX daXXcd Xad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,1,4,2,6,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100011011011 01000101 0010110010011 11110100101 1111010101 111010011 1011110 1111010110010 1 11101011 001101 11101111111 01010101 11 01111110 0010011 01010101011010 00101011010001 011100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i, to are repeated.

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  • summary of A Few Jokes Told While I Do It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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