This is an analysis of the poem Dot Leedle Boy that begins with:

Ot's a leedle Gristmas story
Dot I told der leedle folks--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbcXC deeeXcfc agXgXcXc dhXhbXbC didXXXXX dbXXdcXc hjijXXic fkXkXXXC XXXcXcXc XeXeaXXX iXhfeXXC XlgldcfC XeXeXXXCXhhhXXhc XXXXXXgX XXXeaXfC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,16,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 111111 11111110 110101 1111010 1111101 101111100 011101 11111010 1111101 11101110 1111101 11101111 110011 1111110 111101 1110110 110101 1111100 1110111 1101110 111111 1111010 111101 1111010 111101 1010110 010111 1111110 1110101 11101110 011101 1111110 1111101 1111010 10101010 1111110 1110110 10111010 111010 111110 1010101 1111010 1110111 11101010 1010111 11111100 11111101 11111111 1111111 1111010 1110101 1110101010 111101 11111110 111101 1111010 111011 1011011 111101 111111110 1111101 11111000 11101 1111111 1110111 11111110 1111101 11111111 11111001 1101110 111101 11101101 111111 1111010 1110011 100111110 1110110 11111110 0111010 11100110 111111101 1011011 1110111 1111111 111010 1111100 111101 1101110 111011 11101110 1110101 1011110 1111111 11110110 11101 1111010 11111 1110010 110101 11111111 1111111110 1111101 11101 1101110 110111 11110111 110101 1101110 11001 11110111 11101 11111100 111111 1111110 111111 111111 111101 1111010 111010 1111110 111111 11011101 01101 11101110 111110 11110010 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 130
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; der, und, he, 'im are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words he, und 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 is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word mine at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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