This is an analysis of the poem Someday’s Here that begins with:

Well I've told you someday I'd have a lotta money
And you would see me grinnin' from ear to ear...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXbbacaXcbXbXd dXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111101010 11111100101 101100110101010 111001 11111111101111 0010111010101 111100111101011001 11111001101011010 1111011 11110111101011010 11100101110101010 1111111111010 101101001101 100110111110100 11001 0100 111101 111111111001 10101011011 1111011110101 1100111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 501
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; here, you, i are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Someday’s Here;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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