This is an analysis of the poem Good Advice Is Free that begins with:

Looking up and down the street,
Before one goes across......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCA DDbXE BDAD DDDfE GGHIJ DGDGDEE GGHIJ DGDGDEE ABCA BDAD DDDDXDGDGfEEe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,5,5,7,5,7,4,4,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 011101 11110101 1011001 00101 00101 11010011 10001 1111 01111111 011011 10111010 11101 00101 00101 11011101 011100 1111 11101010 10111 11110110 111111 0101001 00101 111 00101 11010101 00101 1111 1111 11101010 10111 11110110 111111 0101001 00101 111 00101 11010101 00101 1111 1111 1011101 011101 11110101 1011001 01111111 011011 10111010 11101 00101 00101 11011101 00101 00101 111 00101 11010101 100100100 1111 1111 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words this, nah, good are repeated.

    The author used the same word good 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 free, nah are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase nah connects the lines.

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  • summary of Good Advice Is Free;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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