This is an analysis of the poem I'Ve Been Working So Hard that begins with:
I've been working so hard you just wouldn't believe,
And I'm tired!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaBccddbbeeccccb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011111001 1010 11101111001 1010 101011001001 1001001011 1001001011 10011010001 10101001011 1001001111 1010110010 10111111010 10101001001 11001001011 1001010011 111011011011 1010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 681
- Average number of words per stanza: 123
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, so are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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