This is an analysis of the poem The Duck And The Kangaroo that begins with:
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo,
'Good gracious! how you hop!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbabccXA XAXaddXA efefccXa ghgheeaX hXhXccaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10100101 110111 100110101 1011011 1100100101 11101100101 1111111 10100101 11101111 10100101 11111111011 0100111 111001101011 100111001 1110111 10100101 10101001 1010110010 0110101111 11111010 100111111 1110100111 111001101 1010101 101111101 111101010 111110101 1111110 1011011101 1100100111 10101111 100100 10101110 100111 10101111110 11101011 10111001101 111011111 1111011 10110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words said, and are repeated.
The author used the same word said at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word kangaroo at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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