This is an analysis of the poem Bad Boy that begins with:
Oh no,
Don't want to be a bad boy....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABACABB ABACABBB XXcdAXX ABACABBB ADAEADAEf aABBBXaADAEADAEaADDf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,7,8,9,20,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 1100011 11 111000101 11 11100011 111011101001 11 1100011 11 111000101 11 11100011 111011101001 1101000111101 11111110 1001110111 1 1111011100110 11 10111110110 1110100111111 11 1100011 11 111000101 11 11100011 111011101001 1101000111101 11101 110010 11101 1001001 11101 110010 11101 1001001 100101 1 111 11100011 111011101001 1101000111101 1 111 110010 11101 1001001 11101 110010 11101 1001001 1 111 1010 1010 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 58
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, why, you, there are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, there, you're are repeated.
The author used the same word oh 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 winner is repeated).
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