This is an analysis of the poem Black-Jack that begins with:
Give me another hit.
I'm going to stay with it a little bit....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AabcDD EA AAccDD EAbb EADDAAXaDDAA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,6,4,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 01001000101 00010001 1 11 11 11 111 110101 11111101 1010111111 1 11 11 11 111 11010101101 111000101 11 111 11 11 11111101 1101101001 111111 11 11 11111101 1101101001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; me is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i'm, hit, give, i are repeated.
The author used the same word black at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word quit at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Black-Jack;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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