This is an analysis of the poem A Parody that begins with:

Lazy-bones, lazy-bones, wake up and peep;
The Cat's in the cupboard, your Mother's asleep.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbbbddeeffXXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011111 01001011001 1111001001 1001001011 1011011001 1101101111 101001010 101010011110 1001101001 01001011101 11110011010 111010110010 10101010001 01101001011 101101110 100100110010 10001001001 1001001001 10010010110 010010010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 838
  • Average number of words per stanza: 155
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; her, to, it are repeated.

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

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  • summary of A Parody;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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