This is an analysis of the poem On The Sunny Side that begins with:
Hi and whoop-hooray, boys!
Sing a song of cheer!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacaC dedeacaC XfXfacaC gbgbacaC hghgacaC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 10101 101011 10101 101110 11111 111010 10101 101110 10101 101010 10101 101011 10101 100011 10101 101010 10101 101010 10111 101011 10101 101111 10101 100011 11001 101011 00101 101011 11101 101011 10101 101110 10111 101010 11100 101111 10111 100011 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; hear, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hear, where's are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word side at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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