This is an analysis of the poem To Harpo Marx that begins with:

O Harpo! When did you seem like an angel
the last time?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXb Xc db bdda XcX dX ee cbde cdc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,2,4,3,2,2,4,3,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111110 011 1101101 10110101 11101 1011011 011011 1011111 01010001 0011101 01001100 11111000 11101 010010 1011110 1110 1011010 11010 10011011010 01100011 01110011 00111101 011010110 01010111 11 11101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 75
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your is repeated.

    The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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