This is an analysis of the poem Judy that begins with:

The waitress with the orange hair keeps motionin' me to hurry up and leave
I gulp my coffee - burn my mouth - grab up my coat and slippin' out...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabbcddeefXfcecgcgcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0100010111001010111 1111011111111101 1101010111 1010101001111101 1111101101 1111111100011010001 11001010101 1111111111101110 01010101110111 1001010101 11110101111111111111 111100110110101 11011011101 11110101010111111 1101010111 111111101011010001 111101011111110111 1111110111110011 11111101111101 1110111111011111101 11110101011011010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1308
  • Average number of words per stanza: 266
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, and, i, she, she's, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Judy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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