This is an analysis of the poem Only Ones Guaranteed Jobs For Life that begins with:
Don't you just love it,
When folks probe you...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abb XXXa bXca XXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 11110 1111 1111 100011 011010 100100100110 10110 1001110111 010101001 01000101 1110100010010 101010011010010 01010 0100111101 0101101111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
The author used the same word only at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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