This is an analysis of the poem Talking Turkeys! that begins with:

Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas
Cos' turkeys just wanna hav fun ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcdAXecfdecfghg XhXhibi jfaXjaiX AfXfAgcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,7,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010110110 11011011 101110110 110010101 010110110 1101001 0101111111 11100111 111011110 11011101 1100101110010 11011011 1111011110 11101001 100111010011 11010101 10110111 1011011 110100111010 1101101 10110101101101010 101111011 01011111 111010110 1110001011 11010010 111001010 1110111110 101001111 10110111110 11011101 010110110 01111111 111111101 001001011 010110110 11101001 110010110010 110111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 366
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; turkeys, it, of, dem are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word turkeys is repeated.

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