This is an analysis of Workin’ It Out by Shel Silverstein.
Well I've been spendin' my life lookin' for a shoulder
To rest my head when the nights get colder…
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaabBB cccBB dddbbceeebb
- Stanza lengths: 6,5,11,
- Metre: 1101011101010 0111101110 10111010101010 0111001 100111001100111001 100111001100111001 111010100111 11011111111 1111001010111 100111001 100111001 10111111101010 110100111100110 10111010110 110111001 110111001 01 1111101111111 011111011 0101001010111 100111001 100111001
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 22
Repeated words/phrases
i, long, time, workin', it, out, been
Anaphora
i
Epiphora
out