This is an analysis of the poem Sure Hit Songwriter’s Pen that begins with:

Now I was hangin' round Nashville writin' songs and playin' 'em for all of the stars
Watchin' 'em laugh and hand 'em back livin' on hope and...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXXbbXbccccccccddXXacccaccXccccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 35,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110110101110011001 1001110110111101 111101110101111010101 111111011000101111101 011111101111010111 1111101110101 110111011 111111010110111101 0111111001 11010111001 11110101011110101 11011011111110111001 101111100110101100 1110110110101111001 010111010111001101 110111011101111001 111001010110100101 101110101110101111111001 11110101111101001 11111011110111101001 11010111111111101 1110011001111001100 101110111001101 0100111011101111111001 110010010110101001 1011011011011100111 1111111101111011111 11111111001111111001 11110111111111111 1111100111111110101101 1110111011111101111 11111010101111001 110101110110101111 01001010110100111001 1111011101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2468
  • Average number of words per stanza: 511
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 70 (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; and, i, 'em, me, it, pen, my, with, so are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines pen is repeated).

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  • summary of Sure Hit Songwriter’s Pen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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