This is an analysis of the poem Calicoe Pie that begins with:

Calico Pie,
The little Birds fly... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabXbaCCA ddaeXeaCCa ffaXggaCCA ddahhhcCCA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 01011 1001011 1101 111101 10111 11101101 11011 11011 1101101 1011 01011 1001001 11101 001101 101001 11101101 11011 11011 1101101 1011 01011 00100111 1001 11011 11001 11101101 11011 11011 1101101 1011 01101 01011011 1001 01101 001101 111011 11011 11011 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, he, never, came, back, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, he, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word calico 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 back is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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