This is an analysis of the poem Jack Rose that begins with:

With crafty brooding life turned to Jack Rose
And made him heroin-peddler, and his pose...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeebbffggggcchhffiiffXffbbeejjkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 39,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101011011 11110010101 1100010111 1101011101 0100111111 01010001001 011100101110 10010111010 0101110001 0101111111 1101011111 0101010101 0100010011 01010101001 0100010101 1001111101 1101010101 1001000101 0111110101 0101111111 1101010111 01000010001 01010010101 1101011101 01000101001 111000101001 1101011101 1100110001 01001110101 1100010101 1110010100 1101011101 0111011111 1111011111 01010111001 01110001001 1100011001 1111110001 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1646
  • Average number of words per stanza: 300
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, her are repeated.

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

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

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