This is an analysis of the poem Cooped Up To Be Cuckoo that begins with:
Does a common sense to have,
Make one a staunch believer....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abca Abdd XXef GFHCE GGIIG GGIIG GFHCEgGGGGIIGgGGGGIIGgXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,5,5,24,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 1101010 101 1001 1010101 110010 1001010 1101010 110011 01010101 001011 110011 11101 1110011 1011001 01010101 110101 11101 11101 1110 1110 11101 11101 11101 1110 1110 11101 11101 1110011 1011001 01010101 110101 1 11101 111 11101 111 1110 1110 11101 1 11101 111 11101 111 1110 1110 11101 1111 1010011 110
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, shake, your, booty, boo are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word shake is repeated.
The author used the same words does, shake 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 boo, booty are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word boo 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 boo connects the lines.
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- summary of Cooped Up To Be Cuckoo;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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