This is an analysis of the poem The Naughty Little Fellow that begins with:
When a naughty little fellow stands ashamed in front of you
And his lips begin to quiver and he's ready to boo-hoo, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aabbaa aaccaa ddeeff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010101010101 101010101110011 101111100011101 111111100010111 111010101010101 111110011111111 101010101010101 101000101011101 111110101110101 111010100010101 111010100011111 111010101111111 101010101110101 111010100010001 111110100110101 111110101011111 101111101011111 111010111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 378
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, you, of, that, has are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word do at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Naughty Little Fellow;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
