This is an analysis of the poem If I Was Daddy, And Daddy Was Me that begins with:
If I was Daddy and Daddy was Khoka (that's me),
if he didn't finish memorizing the multiplication tables I'd tap him on the head!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX Xa Xa X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111011011011 011010101001001010111101 0101111 111110 1110010101010100 0111011011011 1000101010100101010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 7
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; if is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word if is repeated.
The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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