This is an analysis of the poem Clever Little Willie Wee that begins with:

Clever little Willie wee,
Bright-eyed, blue-eyed little fellow; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdadc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 11111010 1010100 001110 1010001 0010101 1110101 010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; little is repeated.

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