This is an analysis of the poem He Knew Jim that begins with:

I 'm the same age ez Garfield wuz,
An I went t' school with him ; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaBAX cb c de b eb ab A X fe fd ab A a bf be ab A X bb bd aBXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,1,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111111 1111101 1110011 1100101 111100111 111101 11101111 1100101 11110101 111101 11110111 1110101 111110101 100101 1110011 1100101 1111111 111101 11101101 110101 11111110 010101 1110011 1100101 11010101 011111 11110111 110101 11010101 110101 1111011 1100101 101110111 010111 11111101 1111111 11111111 110101 1110011 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 50
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; i is repeated.

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  • summary of He Knew Jim;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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