This is an analysis of the poem Mr And Mrs Discobbolos that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbccbccDCDbX XeaaefXDCdeX deggefXdCDeX XhiihjjdCdhX a XbccbddDCDbX jfebfjjDCdfX bfkkXdXdCdfX XbXXbhXXDCdbX XbeeblldCdbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,12,12,12,1,12,12,12,13,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 101101000 1001001 111010111 1010100101 10101011 11101111001 11011011010 11010001 1100111 01110011 01111001 10101000 101111100 1111001 100110001 110101111 1111101 010010101 1011110111010 11010001 1100111 1100011 0110111 10101000 10100010 110111 1111111001 111010111 11101101 1110100101 00111011110 11010001 1100111 01110011 111101101 10101000 1101101000 1110101 10101011 11010101 101111 11111111 1101101111 0100111 1100111 10111001 1011011 1101101000 101 101101000 1101001 110001101 111111101 1110101 11001111010 11010111010 11010001 1100111 01110011 1111111 10101000 111111 1111111 010111101 11100111001 110101 10111111 0110101011 11010001 1100111 001010011 11110111 10101000 11100101 11101001 11111001110 1101101010 110100010 10110111 0100101101 11010001 1100111 111011001 1010111 100101000 100101000 1001001 1010110101 11001011101 10110101 10111 10111 101011110010 11010001 1100111 11100101 1010101 100101000 1000101000 1001001 1100111001 10101101001 00101101 11010001001 0100100111 11111011 1100111 101001011 10111001 0010011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 349
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 112
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, nor, ding, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, nor, what are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same words ', discobbolos at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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