This is an analysis of the poem Get The Boogey When It's Hot that begins with:
You're playing the right song,
But at the wrong time....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AB CDEEE DEEE aeX AB CDEEE DEEE EEEEE AEAEAEEE EEEEEEE AB XEXEXEXE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,4,3,2,5,4,5,8,7,2,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110011 11011 11 11010100110 101 1011 1101 11010100110 101 1011 1101 1111101 001011001 1111100101 110011 11011 11 11010100110 101 1011 1101 11010100110 101 1011 1101 1101010101 1101010101 1101010101 1011 1101 110011 1101010101 110011 1101010101 110011 1101010101 1011 1101 1101010101 10 1101010101 10 1101010101 1011 1101 110011 11011 1101010 101 1101010 101 1101010 101 1101010 101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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, i, use, love, boogey, sweating, hot are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i 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 hot is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word feet at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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