This is an analysis of the poem Good Times that begins with:
my daddy has paid the rent
and the insurance man is gone...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaacCC XXXbbcCC XC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101101 10010101 101011 1110111 11101 11001 01 01 110111 11011 1101001 1100010 1100010 01001 01 01 1101010 01
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, times, good are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, good are repeated.
The author used the same word my 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 times, kitchen are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word times at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Good Times;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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