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

Sometimes I wish I were still out
on the back porch, drinking jet fuel ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdX defeg XbfX dfhgX aaXchXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,5,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111011 101110110 0011010110 1010111011 1101010101 1111000101 100111010101 101011111 1111010001 1111011100 1000010101 1001100010 01010001 10101000101 110101010100 01001101011 111000111010 10101101101 110100011 11101110001 1001000101010 1110 011010 0010001 11011111 1111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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