This is an analysis of the poem She’s My Ever Lovin’ Machine that begins with:

Hey boys you know once I was took in by a girl with a twinkly eye
And the first time that I wasn't lookin' she run off with a handsomer guy oh my...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbbc XXddc eecc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11111111010100101 101111101011100100111 101010101111111100 111110110111001001 101110011101111001001 10100111111111101001 111101001111011001 1010011111111111101 11100111111111001011 111110010111101101 101110 110010010111101011 1100111101101101 1111011101111001011 111010010111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 68 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of She’s My Ever Lovin’ Machine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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