This is an analysis of the poem All You Wanna Do Is Bump that begins with:

All you wanna do,
Is bump bump....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCBABB ABCBABB dBEBEBBdBEBEBB ABCBABB ABCBABB ABCBABB ABbBABbB ABCBABBXABbBAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,14,7,7,7,8,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 011 11101 111 1011111 111 11 11101 011 11101 111 1011111 111 11 1 11 0101 111 1111 11 0101111 11 11 0101 111 1111 11 0101111 11101 011 11101 111 1011111 111 11 11101 011 11101 111 1011111 111 11 11101 011 11101 111 1011111 111 11 11101 011 1 01 11101 011 1 01 11101 011 11101 111 1011111 111 11 11101 011 1 01 1011111 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • 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.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; bump is repeated.

    The author used the same word all at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines bump is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word bump at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase bump connects the lines.

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  • summary of All You Wanna Do Is Bump;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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