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

W'EN you full o' worry
'Bout yo' wo'k an' sich,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXXXXXcXDXXefefgcgcXDXXbXbXgXgaXDX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 11111 111110 11111 111010 10110 101010 101111 111110 10101 101010 10110 101110 10101 111111 10101 11111 10110 111110 11111 110110 11101 101010 10110 101010 10101 111110 11101 111111 11101 101011 10101 101110 11111 101010 10110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 860
  • Average number of words per stanza: 165
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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, an' are repeated.

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

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