Rhyme scheme:
- no particular rhyme scheme, free verse with internal rhyme and end rhyme scattered.

Capitalization:
- line 1,2 ("

Internal rhyme:
- line 5 ("dreary--to be--Somebody") 'e' sound is repeated throughout this single line.
- line 2 ("Are you--Nobody--too?") 'ou' sound is repeated.

Dashes:
- line 4 ("...they'd advertise--you know")