This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of Quoodle that begins with:

They haven't got no noses,
The fallen sons of Eve;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abaaab AcaXdc efeeef daggga afAAXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110 010101 1001010 0111010 1111010 111101 1101110 110101 1111010 0101100 11001010 011101 0101010 011001 0101110 0111010 1101110 110101 0101010 0101010 01010010 0101110 0101110 110111 111010 11111 1101110 1101110 1101010 0100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; smell, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, the are repeated.

    The author used the same words they, the 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 noses is repeated).

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  • summary of The Song Of Quoodle;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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