This is an analysis of the poem Pinkle Purr that begins with:

Tattoo was the mother of Pinkle Purr,
A little black nothing of feet and fur;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aabbca Aabbca AabbcaXaabbca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010011 0101100111 111110111 110100101 111111100 11110111 011010011 00100100101 11011111 1111110101 111101000 11100111 011010011 10100100101 10101100101 1101100101 1110100100 11110111 010010011 1010100111 0101101101 0110100101 111100110 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he, of are repeated.

    The author used the same word tattoo 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 purr is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word purr at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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