This is an analysis of the poem The Broom, The Shovel, The Poker And The Tongs that begins with:
The Broom and the Shovel, the Poker and Tongs,
They all took a drive in the Park,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabacdcdBb bebefefeBX bgbgheheBX bXXXfgXgBb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01101001011 11101001 111101101101 01111001 101011101001 101101011 11011101001 101101001 101101 111101 1100110001011 111001011 101101011011 101101101 111101001001 101011001 11011011011 111011011 101101 111011 10101101001 10001011 111111101101 111101101 11001011001 11111101 111011011001 01111001 101101 111001 101111001011 11011010 101011001101 101111110 101011011111 01011001 1111010110110 11011001 101101 111011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 397
- Average number of words per stanza: 79
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; they, and, in, with, you, your, so are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words mr, ah, said are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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