This is an analysis of the poem The Rough Little Rascal that begins with:
A smudge on his nose and a smear on his cheek
And knees that might not have been washed in a week;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ccccdd cceecc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01101101101 11111101001 01101001101 01001001011 01101101011 01111001001 01101001001 01111101011 01111101001 11101001001 01101101011 01111001101 01011101011 01011001011 01111101101 11111001101 11101101001 11101011011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on, his, and, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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