This is an analysis of the poem A Snap Quiz in Body Language that begins with:
We can't hear what they're saying, but that man
is holding that woman in his arms. Your assignment...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXXbdXdeXeaXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1111110111 0101100011010 0001110111 111010101110 01010101110 0111010101 0101011100 1000101011 01010100010 110010101010 000010101101 1100111010 110000111110 11111111100 010010111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 697
- Average number of words per stanza: 129
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words is, her are repeated.
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