This is an analysis of the poem Bud Discusses Cleanliness that begins with:

First thing in the morning, last I hear at night,
Get it when I come from school: 'My, you look a sight!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcX ddaacc ddeeff ggbbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001011111 101110111101 101001111111 1111010110111 1111110110111 1011010011111 1111111110101 0101010110101 1101100010101 1111010011101 11110101100111 1111011011111 1101010111100 0111110111101 1111010110111 0110010111101 1111100110001 0101110110101 11110001111101 11010111111101 11010101011111 11010101111111 110011101111101 10111101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 331
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, i, at are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Bud Discusses Cleanliness;
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  • history of its creation;
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