This is an analysis of the poem Little Master Mischievous that begins with:

Little Master Mischievous, that's the name for you;
There's no better title that describes the things you do: ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAbbcc ddeeff ddggbbXAAffbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101010010111 1110101010111 001010111100 1000101111101 101010010101 0110111001101 10101001001001 1011101010101 101010110101 10111011100101 101101111101 10101011101 101010000101 11101110101 11101010101 11101010101 11101011111 111010100111 101010010111 1110101010111 10001010001 10101010101 101010011101 11101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 304
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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.

    The author used the same word little at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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