This is an analysis of Alimony by Shel Silverstein.
Alimony alimony I work till my fingers are bloody and boney
Me oh my oh goodness sake I'm paying for my mistake…
Browse poems by Shel Silverstein
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cCdDaeXcCdDab aefXfX
- Stanza lengths: 4,13,6,
- Metre: 10101010111110110110 11111010101101 110101010101110111010 110111101111101101 1111011010111 11010111110101 00111000101100 0101011110100 10101010111111011010 111111010101011011 0100 111011010111 11010111110101 100111000101100 0101011110100 1010101011111011010 11001011110101101 1110110110011 11111010010111 1110100110111 110111010110110 111110110111111 101101110
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 23
Repeated words/phrases
alimony, my, it, i, yeah, mistake
Epiphora
it