This is an analysis of the poem Sue's Got A Baby that begins with:

Sue's got a baby now, an' she
Is like her mother used to be;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AabbccbbddeeaaffggddaahheeffbbAaeeeeiidd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 01010100 011100101 11010111 11010101 11010101 01010101 11100101 11011101 110010101 10010101 11011101 01110111 01011100 11010111 01000101 01010101 1101000001 10011101 11010101 11101111 01011100 11111111 11010101 11010001 01010101 010010001 11100101 10010001 01000101 11010111 010011100 01011101 01010101 10010001 11010100 11010101 11010101 11110111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1355
  • Average number of words per stanza: 271
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, she, an' are repeated.

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

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