This is an analysis of the poem Rice Pudding that begins with:
What is the matter with Mary Jane?
She's crying with all her might and main,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AaaA AaaA AAaA AaaAXAAaA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 100100101 110010111 111101011001 100100101 100100101 1100110101 10101100101 100100101 100100101 11001111001 11101101001 100100101 100100101 11001101001 111001101101 100100101 100100101 11001111001 101011011001 100100101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
The author used the same word what 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 jane is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word jane at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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