This is an analysis of the poem Plymouth Rock Joe that begins with:
Why are you running so fast hither and thither
Chasing midges or butterflies?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaabcacaaXdecXfXgfXXaaegXddhbhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101110110 10101101 1011101001011 101110110010 00100 10101101101 11100111 11110010 1110100100100 11111100010 0110 1111110100 0101101001 01010010110 11010010101 01110111 110101101100101 11111101 11100101101 1110010010000011 110100100101010 1110101 11101001110100 011011001 101101010 10111010 01000101010 101000101010 1110110011 011101001 1001110110001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1274
- Average number of words per stanza: 219
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, quah, gluck, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word some is repeated.
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