This is an analysis of the poem Peek-A-Boo that begins with:
The cunningest thing that a baby can do
Is the very first time it plays peek-a-boo;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb aX bX aX cc aa dd aa ee aa ff Xaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01001101011 00101101101 10101101001 111110101 111101101 111111101101 110100100 1111101110 1101101101 110101101101 11011001011 10100101111 1100101101 0101101101101 111011101 11101101 1111100101 111111101101 10111001001 110011111 11101101 10111101101 11101101 010110101 110101111 10111101101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Peek-A-Boo;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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