This is an analysis of the poem Foolin' Wid De Seasons that begins with:

Seems lak folks is mighty curus
In de way dey t'inks an' ac's....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXa XbXbXcXc XdadXede XfXfXXaX aXaXXXXX XcXcXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 0011111 11111010 1010100 11111110 1010101 11101110 1010111 10101110 11110101 11111011 1110001 111001010 1110101 110101010 1010101 001011010 1010001 11100110 11110101 111110100 11100111 11101010 1010001 11111110 1101001 111101111 0011111 11111010 1110101 10101110 00101111 110111010 1010101 10101110 1010101 00111010 1110101 11111010 1010110 10111010 1010111 11111010 0111100 11000110 10111110 10111001 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; dey, de are repeated.

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  • summary of Foolin' Wid De Seasons;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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