This is an analysis of the poem The Courtship Of The Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XBCaddcCcAA X eBcaeXcccAA X XbXAfXggXAA X XbXAddhhXAA a fbiAXfiiiAX a dbjAddjjjAX X fbaAXfaaaAX X dBaaXdaaXAA X kbDakXdDXAA X XbcAXdcccAA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10101000 1010101 0010001 1010101 11111010 11101010 1010101 0010001 1010101 0010101 0010101 1 10101110 1010101 0010101 1010101 11101010 01111010 1010101 1110101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1 10101010 1010101 11110110 1010101 111001010 10111110 1010011 1111011 10110110 1010101 1010101 1 10101000 1110001 1110011 1010101 11111110 11101010 1010101 1010011 1011101 1010101 1010101 1 10101010 1010101 1010111 110101 11011110 11101010 1010101 1111111 1010101 110101 110101 1 1101010 101111 1010101 110101 11111110 11101010 1110011 11111101 1011111 110101 110101 1 11101010 1111111 1111101 110101 11101010 10111110 1011111 1110101 1011101 110101 110101 1 101001010 1010101 0011101 1010101 1010101 10111010 10101111 1110101 111101 1010101 1010101 1 10101010 0010101 1010101 1010101 0011010 010111010 1010111 1010101 10101100 1010101 1010101 1 00101000 0110101 1110111 1010101 11101000 00101010 1111101 1110101 0010111 1010101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 120
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; of, your are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, said, 'mr, sang, for are repeated.

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

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