This is an analysis of the poem Hopping Frog, Hop Here And Be Seen that begins with:

Hopping frog, hop here and be seen,
I'll not pelt you with stick or stone: ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10111101 11110111 110111101 011111001 101111011 1010010101 111101101 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 332
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • 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; you is repeated.

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

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