This is an analysis of the poem An Alphabet Of Famous Goops that begins with:

AN ALPHABET OF FAMOUS GOOPS.
Which you 'll Regard with Yells and Whoops....

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabaab cda eec ecf gcd cff cXb cce chd ceX cdi jgd iki lfd lXc jfc cmk enc fff eak igX ooa nlm eif gfd fik hXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 111010111 10010 11101101 01011111 11110 11000111111011101 11101011111100101 11111000101110101 11001110111111111 10111011111111011 11111011110110101 10101010101010101 11101011111011100 11111110111111101 11011000111010101 11101101111101101 11101110111111011 11011010111010101 11111011001010101 111110101010011101 11101110101010101 111011101110101111 11011011101010011 11001010101010101 11111110111001001 11111000111001101 1101111111010011 11001111111110101 11101010101010101 111000101110101101 10100110101010101 11111100111110101 111010111111010111 101011111010111111 11111011101011101 11101010111110101 11110101111110111 11101110111111101 11111001011111111 11111111111010101 11111110111111111 10101011111110001 11111011111010101 1111111010110111010 11101000111111101 11111011101110100 1110101101011011111 1111100111110101 11100010111110111 11111111101011101 11101010101000111 11011010101011101 11111000111101001 11101010111010101 11101010111010001 11101010111110111 111010111111101001 11101010101010101 11101111111010101 11101000111110001 10100011111011101 11111010111110101 11111001101101111 11101001101110101 11011101111111101 1101010111010001 11101010101010101 11101010111110101 101110101111110101 101010111101010110 1111101101110101 11101111111111111 111010010101010111 111011101111101111 11111010011111101 11111010111110001 11101010101011111 11011010101110111 1111011110101010111 111110110111010101 10101011110010101 10101110110111101 1111101010111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 69 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • 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; he, and, to, they, as, of, you, never, i, his, not, but are repeated.

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