This is an analysis of the poem Who Santy-Claus Wuz that begins with:
Jes' a little bit o' feller--I remember still--
Ust to almost cry fer Christmas, like a youngster will.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcXDX eebbXXcXDX eefXeeXXDX ffeeaacXdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111010101 1011111010100 1101100011101 1011101111001 1011111010111 01110101010111 11010101110111 110 111 1011 1011111010101 1010101110101 10101010110101 1011100010101 111101010101 1100101110100 11010111011111 110 111 1011 10101111011101 1001101011111 1111111110111 11100101011100 1111111111111 1011101111111 111111011011 110 111 1011 11111011101000 1111111100111 1111110011111 1010111010101 1001101110101 1010111011111 0110101011100 110 111 1010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 436
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; an' is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word wuz at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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