This is an analysis of the poem It Ain'T None Of My Business? that begins with:

It 'ain't' none of my business?
Wrong! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcdXedfXfegheeiXajajJAdhkdJAgdjajcdlddAgMgiAMiAibAXiaglggXgbgXbkAaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 68,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110110 1 001011101 10011011 111111 1111111 1111 1111110001 010111 1111101 011111111 01101111 1110111 1101110011 1001011 1111101 1000111 0110010101110 111 11101011 100111 11 101111110 11110100111 0111101001 111000100 001010111101 11 101111110 11111100 000 1111011010111 11101011001001 100010101011 11011101101 11 1011100011010 111101001110 111 101110110 011100 0101110 0111010010 111111 101110110 0101110 011 0110110 11011111 1 101110110 110010010 101011 111010110110 01101 10110101 10110111 1111011 0101001 111101111 1010101110 1111111 1010 111010 111011100 0110110 1110100010 10110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 411
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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, and, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of It Ain'T None Of My Business?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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