This is an analysis of the poem Ballade [the Goat Scratches So Much It Can'T Sleep] that begins with:
The goat scratches so much it can't sleep
The pot fetches water so much it breaks ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcdcE XbXXffXE ffbdbgaE bfgbXXcE ehhE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 011011011 0110101101 111011010 11001101 011111101 101111010 1111110 11011101 111110110 1011110100 11011101 11111111 01111110 11011110 0011111011 11011101 110111110 0111111010 01011101 1110111010 110111111 11011110011 11111111 11011101 11111111 11111111 1101111 101001111010 111111101 111111011 01111011 11011101 101111111 110111011 1101110101 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, so, much, he's, you, want, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, you, he's, a are repeated.
The author used the same word you 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 it is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word comes at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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