This is an analysis of the poem Lazy Jane that begins with:

Lazy
lazy...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaabcdXXXXecdfdffdfdXXeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 1 1 0 1 0 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 4 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 1
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; lazy, and are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lazy, and are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase lazy connects the lines.

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  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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