This is an analysis of the poem My Job that begins with:
I've got a little job on 'and, the time is drawin' nigh;
At seven by the Captain's watch I'm due to go and do it;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcXcX XdXdeXeX cacafXfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111010101 110101010101110 11010111110001 11100101010111010 01110101110101 111101001101110 01001101010101 11010101110101 11010101110101 1110110111110010 100101111111100 11010101010010 01010101111101 111101000101010 01001101111111 11110011111010100 11010101010111 111100111001011 11110101111101 011101011101011 01010100110001 110101111110101 11010111110101 01010111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 499
- Average number of words per stanza: 94
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, it, to, i've, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i've is repeated.
The author used the same word i've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of My Job;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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