This is an analysis of the poem Got Up To New Stuff that begins with:
Today is 'my' day!
And, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXaa baaXbabX AcdeXd acacbedXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,6,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011 1 01001011 01 10101111 1001001 1101 0101 0111101 1 110101 11110100 01011 11101111101 101001011 111110 110101 1110010110001 01 111011 01 111101 00110101 1101111010 0010101001001 001011 111101111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 27
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; had, i 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 today at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Got Up To New Stuff;
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