This is an analysis of the poem Not Part Of My Job Description that begins with:

I am not trying to make sense.
Or find a place where it is common....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC DEBfGEB EHaB bhiehXj hX ABCa bakbfb DEBXGEjBX b EHkaXhB hXXai
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,4,7,2,4,6,9,1,7,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110011 110110010 110110101 01111011001 111010011010 010101010 010111 00010010011 101010010 101110 1010100 10 10110001 011011010 101001010 110110110101 111 11101 1101101 1001101001 11 111111001 000101010101100 11110011 110110010 110110101 111001111 010 11110101001 1001110 10110 11011011 0100101010 01111011001 111010011010 010101010 010111101101 00010010011 101010010 1 101110 100100110 1111101011010 1010100 10 10110 001 101010 11110 011011010 1 1111001101 01000110 11000101 1110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; not, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Not Part Of My Job Description;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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