This is an analysis of the poem Leedle Dutch Baby that begins with:
Leedle Dutch baby haff come ter town!
Jabber und jump till der day gone down--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXccXA ccddeeaA XXeebbaA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101111 101111111 101101111 101101101 11111111 101111101 11101111 1110111 11101111 101101111 111111011 111111101 111111111 1101111101 11111111 1110111 11101110 11101100 10111111 111111101 11111111 1111111111 11101101 1110111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 304
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; und, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jabber, downside are repeated.
The author used the same word leedle at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word town at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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