This is an analysis of the poem Busy Booked Hooker that begins with:

Dressed nice and neatly.
She looked so hot....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abc BAD BAE BBCFGGH BAD BAE BBCFGGH BAb BAe BAeIB EIB EIB EIB EIB eIB eIBXEIB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,7,3,3,7,3,3,5,3,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 1111 001110 1111 11110 00101 1111 11110 1010010 1111 1101 1101 1110101 01110010 1101010 01010100001 1111 11110 00101 1111 11110 1010010 1111 1101 1101 1110101 01110010 1101010 01010100001 1111 11110 11111 1111 11110 1101010 1111 11110 1110110 101 01 11110110 101 01 010110 101 01 11110110 101 01 010110 101 01 010110 101 01 0101010 101 01 010110 101 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 77
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; dressed, nice, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word dressed is repeated.

    The author used the same words dressed, a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Busy Booked Hooker;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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