This is an analysis of the poem Deaf Rush Limbaugh's Macaronic Blues that begins with:

Soon I'll hear your voices, people,
and you'll sound like Donald Duck....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbbXbcXdccdAXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11111010 1111101 11100111 10011111 1111101 11001000101 10011111 0101011 11001000101 0111110101 10101011001 11111010 10010010110 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 523
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Deaf Rush Limbaugh's Macaronic Blues;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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