This is an analysis of the poem Busy Bodies that begins with:
If you happen to live in a place,
That is shallowed......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbXXacXdXcadeae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011001001 10100 110001001010 110100 1001010010 01100 11010010 00001010 0100000011 110 11001010 1110010 0111111 100001010 1011001 101001010 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 485
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Busy Bodies;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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