This is an analysis of the poem Scuttle, Scuttle, Little Roach that begins with:
SCUTTLE, scuttle, little roach—
How you run when I approach: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eedd ffgg hhii ddXe jjbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 1111101 1010101 10000110 10100010 11111010 11111001 01010101 1111101 1010011 00101111 11101011 1010001 1010111 11101010 10101010 1110101 1001101 10100110 10101010 1111101 1000101 1111111 1000101 1011011 1110111 0011110 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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