This is an analysis of the poem I Spent My Days In Fun that begins with:

I spent my days in fun,
Now, Time’s up and I’m out of a job....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbacXXdXccXdXXdXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 111111001 11011111010 11011110 11011111111 101111 11010011110 100111111 101001101 1010101111 110011 0010111 1110011 11101111 1011100 11101 1100110 0100111000111101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 335
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; and, i, my are repeated.

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