This is an analysis of the poem Little Miss Laugh-A-Lot that begins with:

LITTLE Miss Laugh-a-Lot,
Saucy the way you've got, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbaAdddd Aaeffefffeef Aaeggehhdiid
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101 100111 1001101101 110111 101101 11010110001 100101 101101 1001011101 111111 101101 0111011111 101101 100111 1111011011 101101 111101 1010111111 110101 111111 1011111111 110111 101101 1101011111 101101 100111 1101111111 101101 101101 1001011001 111101 110111 1111011111 111101 100100 1011001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 395
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; by, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word your 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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him is repeated).

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