This is an analysis of the poem Suzanna socked me Sunday that begins with:

Suzanna socked me Sunday,
she socked me Monday, too,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba bcbc XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 111111 1101111 1110111 1111011 111101 1111111 1010111 1001001110 101011110 1011101101 1100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; socked, me, she, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word she is repeated.

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