This is an analysis of the poem Jimmy Jet And His Tv Set that begins with:

I'll tell you the story of Jimmy Jet--
And you know what I tell you is true....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acXc Xded XcXc efXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100101 111111101 1101010101 111111 11111111 111111 011010111 1101001 111010101 101010001 10110001010 101011001 10110010101 1010010101 111101110 110110 1110111101 1110101 110101101010 11101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; you, he, all, his, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same words he, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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