This is an analysis of the poem The Babes In The Bush that begins with:
Dozens of damp little curls;
One little short upper lip; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaabbb acaaccc deddXee adeaddX fffffff egeeggg XfdXfff abaabbb hihhiii XjgXjjj Xggggg gXXgeee dkddkkk clcclXX mdmmdddXlbllbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,6,7,7,7,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1001101 1101101 1101101001 1111101101 1001011 001 01001011 1101001 1001001 1111101001 1101011101 1001111 111 001111001 1011011 1001011 1011011111 1101001001 111011 101 101101011 1001101 1011011 1101001111 1101011011 1011011 111 001001011 1101011 1101011 1101011011 1001001011 1001011 11 100111 1101101 111011 0001001001 1101011011 1011001 111 001001001 1111101 1001111 1101001001 1101110001 1001011 101 01101101 1111101 1111001 01001111111 11111001 01101101 101 101101101 1011001 1101011 1011111101 1111011001 1011011 111 01011001 1011111 1001101 1101011011 1111111011 1101001 101 11111111 1011010 11101111 1011011101 10011101011 1111001101 011011011 1011001 1011011 1111111001 11001011011 1101011 111 1011001 1001111 1101011 10001101001 1101011011 1111011 111 11011101 1001101 1111001 1011011101 1011010111 1111011 11 11010010 1001001 1011001 1111101101 1101111101 1111111 101 11011011 01011001 11011011 111101011001 01011011101 01101101 101 11011011
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 111
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word school is repeated.
The author used the same words tum, tuck at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
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- summary of The Babes In The Bush;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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