This is an analysis of Come After Jinny by Shel Silverstein.
He'll be comin' down the road at the break of day
His head thrown back and his guns tied low…
Browse poems by Shel Silverstein
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abb ccaad eeffd ggadaXfXX
- Stanza lengths: 3,5,5,9,
- Metre: 101010110101 011110111 110101010100111110101 111001111111100001 111001011101111101 1111111100110111 11101111011011011 11010101 11011101011101001 11001101011101011 11111111111101101 11111101011111111 01110101 01101111001010101 011010100001011101 10101101011101111111 11111111110101 11110101 1110011111011 110101101 11110101111 11011110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 22
Repeated words/phrases
his, and, him, she
Anaphora
and