This is an analysis of the poem Work Is Worship, Or So They Said. . . that begins with:

Six thirty in the a.m.
And you still have not...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab cXd XX ec eac db bbX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,2,2,3,2,3,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001 11111 101 0011 111 111 0001 11101 111 11110 0011 111 010110100 00101 11111011 1011000001 101110110001 10111011101 110011011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 60
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • 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.

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  • summary of Work Is Worship, Or So They Said. . .;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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