This is an analysis of the poem Exclusive Booty that begins with:

Some have a crush on,
Just one they have a lust....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACC ABAC DAEB BD FFgHHFgFFgHHF BDbHHF ABACC DAEBXFFgHHFgFFgHHFff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,2,13,6,5,20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 111101 111100101 111011 110011 11011 111101 111100101 111011 10101010101 1010010010 0110011 1000001 11000101010101 01000100010100 11010101111 0101010101011 1 1101010 1101010 11010101011 1 11010101111 0101010101011 1 1101010 1101010 11010101011 11000101010101 01000100010100 1 1101010 1101010 11010101011 11011 111101 111100101 111011 110011 10101010101 1010010010 0110011 1000001 11010101111 0101010101011 1 1101010 1101010 11010101011 1 11010101111 0101010101011 1 1101010 1101010 11010101011 1011101 1000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; one, that, to, exclusive, booty, some, want are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word some 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 booty is repeated).

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

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