This is an analysis of the poem Dumb Stuff that begins with:
A flop I did do!
I was a rookie when I hooked up, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCBCBCB DCDCDCB AECECECB AFAA aFAA BCDCECbXCBCBcB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,8,4,4,14,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01101 110101111 0011 110101111 0011 110101111 0011 001011001 11010101 1011 11010101 1011 11010101 1011 001011001 01101 111101111 0111 111101111 0111 111101111 0111 001011001 01101 0101110 101101 01101 1101101 0101110 101101 01101 110101111 0011 11010101 1011 111101111 0111 11111001111 1011 11011011 1011 11011011 10111 11011011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; i, flop, dumb, stuff are repeated.
The author used the same word a 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 do is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words up, do at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Dumb Stuff;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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