This is an analysis of the poem A Make-Believe that begins with:
I will think as thinks the rabbit:-
Oh, delight...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a aabbcXaaddeebbbffaa gaggaggaahhb ccbeeiiicc XjjjaaakXaajlkkkkXgjjXhheX ggggXmme bggXjjjgnncXdd ggmmmoolgggl fnfnppffojojeaeXlllbbbbhh hbhqqXjj aaahkKhhhjXhgl aakKbbgl mmbbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,19,12,10,26,8,14,12,25,8,14,8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111010 101 001 101 101 001 101 111 101 111 101 101 101 111 101 111 11111011 11111 11111110110 010100110110 1010 10111 1010 1010 11111 10100 10100 1101111 01011101 10111010 1011010 111101 1110101 1010011 1110101 010111110 10111010 111110011 101010101 11011111 10101010 110101001110 10101110 10101110 11111010 10101110 0010110 0010110 0010110 010111 110110 0101110 010110 01110 111011 111011 11011 11011 11011 10110 10110 110100 11100 10110 1110 011010 1101 1011011 10100110 1010 1010 10010 11111 10111111 10011011 100111 1001 100100 0101100 10110 1110 1110 100010 100100 100101 000111 110011 010110 100100100 100110100 10010 101010 11111 1111 11111 00101 11001 111011 001010 10100 1010 10111 1011 001101 1111 011101 1011 01011 01011 00101 1001 11110 1101 010110 00011 01001 1110 11101 110101 110101 110101 110010 11010 11010 110110 1101110110 10010111110 101010 11101 100101010 10111011 10101011 10010 10010 110110 11101 11101 0001 1111010 11001 110001 111110 100110 11101010 10101010 10101010 1010010 110010 1100 1111 001001 11101 110001 110010 111110 1110010 11100 111111101 0010111111 00101011011 11011011001 0101100100 01011001010
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 308
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 163
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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, going, through, in, it, i, way, eating, to, leg, his, such are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words now, through, is, a, eating, hear, we, no, all, on, such, ah are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it, crop, way, them, you, in, leg are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words rabbit, to at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of A Make-Believe;
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