This is an analysis of the poem I Highly Recommend You Find Another Job that begins with:

You want the oven turned on,
But you don't want to go into the kitchen? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXcd eaafdgd hiaXicXj ehXakbkcXjfgj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,8,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011 11110100010 110101110010 011101010 00100001 0011011100101 111010011 10001101101 1101100111 110101110101 01011101011 0110001101001 01001011101 101011010100 01010001 1001010 11100110001 1011011100 110010011111001 0101010110101 11001101010 1 10111101 01010111110 1010010111 11011101 0110111011 10111100110 101110 1 1100110111101 1101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; you, to, expect, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of I Highly Recommend You Find Another Job;
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  • history of its creation;
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