This is an analysis of the poem Jude that begins with:

When you tell mama
you are going to do something great...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdceb efffbghcfgffih gXjklhgmebmncmfe XbXJebbmgmfmfbmg fhgiehfhXmooGijnloeGbmeiegfgg fbejjXhokp Jgnifmpebeqcqfffemmmbgbfrflnjfhen Jgkksafofmhheokeffmmeggekpegokmipnfkj kbbsoojjfmmeofrj dffrmhfcchhjhgne jcebknXeoeiijbcsgfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,14,16,16,29,10,33,37,16,16,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 111001101 1111 1110010 1010011 11111000 0101 111101 11010010 010101100 11010 11101 10110001 10110 101011101 101101010 111011 1 11111110 01110 101110 01100101 111010 10111011 0111011 1011 1110111111 110000101 11110 1100011 111101 1011011 11111101 1011111 111011 0110 0111101 1111011 010110 1010110110 111 11010001 111101 11011 10101 1011001 110011 111010 01111 101111110 111101 101111101 1110101 1101011 11000111100 1111001001 011011 111111 0111011111 011001010 11000111 11100101 111111111 1101010101010 111100010 11 011011 01111001 1001 10101 10101110 10101 11 0111 1000101 1110011101 1010011 11110101 110101 11011111 1111 11110101 1111011100 11101 1110101 1110011 1011011 1111110101 1101010010 111010010110 110111 111100111 111 10011 1111111 101111 101101011 11 1110011 111001 11111 101 10111010 0110101 1011010 10101 111101 101100 101 11001 1011 1101 10111 10111 111100 11001 1110 010111010 111 1111011 10111 11010 1011111 1001 10011 111 010110 11101 110011 01110101111 1101011111110 011111 1001010 110101 10111001 11111011 0111011 1111111011 110111101010 11111001 10101 1110 10110 101 101001 1100111 111101 111111 01 1011 11111 1010 1010111 1110110 101101011 1011111 011010 01101001 1110110011 011010 11011 11101 10111111 110100110 011101 101110 101010 101010 11 10111 10110111 111001 1101 1001 110 011 11111011010 10111011 101110010 1111101 1011101 100110 1011 1111 111001 111 1111 1011001 1101100011 1010001 1101101 10111 10101 11101 01111 1111100 11011 11011 111011 111101 10101011 11110010 1111100 100111 11111 1111001011 01011111001 10101 10111010 11110001 111 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 480
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 220
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; you, of, never, t, and, i, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, and, the, little, it, dirty, i are repeated.

    The author used the same words when, jude, mama at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, trees, grass, whip, him, beggar, box, stars are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase bees connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Jude;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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