This is an analysis of the poem Much Too Old And Too Lazy that begins with:

You wanna go to bed early,
And get up late....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCBDBEF EFBFGFH ABCBIJ EFBFGFH ABCBDBEFXIJEIJEIJ
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,6,7,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010110 1111 110101 110101 11011110 11111 101011 110111 11111111011 101011110111 110011001101101 0101011110111 11001111101 0101011110111 110111111111 11010110 1111 110101 110101 1001 11 11111111011 101011110111 110011001101101 0101011110111 11001111101 0101011110111 110111111111 11010110 1111 110101 110101 11011110 11111 101011 110111 1001 11 11111111011 1001 11 11111111011 1001 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Much Too Old And Too Lazy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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