This is an analysis of the poem Billy And His Drum that begins with:
Ho! it's come, kids, come!
'With a bim! bam! bum!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaa aaXaaXXaaaaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111 10111 110101010111 1010101 0010101 010101000111 1010111 0110111 010101000111 1011101 0011111 000101000111 10010111 1111111 111101010111 1100111 0111111 1111101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; bim, an' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word er is repeated.
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