This is an analysis of the poem Hik-Tee-Dik! that begins with:
THE WAR-CRY OF BILLY AND BUDDY
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bAbAcccA dAdAeeeA dAdAeeeA fAfAcccA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011010110 1110101111 11110110 11011101001 11110110 11101001001 11011101011 11111011011 11110110 101011101101 11110110 101001010101 11110110 1111100101001 11101001111 11101011001 11110110 1010011110001 11110110 1101011101001 11110110 101111101101 111011011111 11010101100 11110110 01111111001 11110110 11011101101 11110110 101011001101 11011011101 101001111010 11110110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word buddy at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Hik-Tee-Dik!;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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