This is an analysis of the poem Ballad Of The Jelly-Cake that begins with:
A little boy whose name was Tim
Once ate some jelly-cake for tea--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcXcc efefcXcXaa gdgdgagaff cacachchii ccXcbdbdgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01011111 11110111 11010101 11010111 11010101 11111101 11011101 1110111010 11010101 10010101 11110111 11110111 01010111 11010010 110100101 110111010 10110101 111111010 11010101 01011111 111110101 11010101 111110101 11010101 11010001 10110101 01010001 011101001 10010111 10010101 11010111 11010101 01010101 110100101 11000101 01010101 10110101 01010111 11110111 011100101 11010111 11010101 11011101 01010101 11010101 11110101 11110111 11010101 11110101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 357
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word at at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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