This is an analysis of the poem 'Daddy' Warbucks that begins with:

What's missing is the eyeballs
in each of us, but it doesn't matter...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcadeXfbgXafaafhX iajiXfXfdfXGbbXcaGXccf XfXhaahhghjeXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,22,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100011 0101101010 0111010101 11110100110 1111010110 11011011111101 00101111110 111110111 0100001001010 10011011101 110111110111110 110110011011111 1101110100110101 11111101110 1000111111 11111110011011 111111110001 1111010111111 10110111111 11110101 101011 111110111 1110011 10101001001 10111010101 11101000101 111111101 1101 1101010101 11 11010100010 110110101111010 11011101001 101010011011 11110101 11 111110 1011001 1000111 1100111 111101 10111 1000101100 10111 0110111 11101 10011111 1101111011 111 00101010 00111 10111 1111 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 487
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; bucks, and, your, always, you, i, never, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines eyes is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of 'Daddy' Warbucks;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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