This is an analysis of the poem Gotta Bad Nose Job that begins with:

Bah bah bah babbay,
You brought the Moon....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAbXCbXAD bXXbXXbXEX eeF bXCbXADEeF XAbXCbXADEeF eF XXBXBXX EeFXDXeXDeXEf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,10,3,10,12,2,7,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 1101 1 10 1101 1 10 1101 10011 1 10 1111 1 10 111010 1 10 111 1110101 011 11 110111 1 100 1101 1 10 1101 10011 111 11 110111 11110 1101 1 10 1101 1 10 1101 10011 111 1111 110111 11111 111111 1101110 1110100 11 111010 11 1100011 111 111 11 111111 110 1110 110 111 110 1110 11101 111 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • 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.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; bah, know are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words bah, yes 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 know is repeated).

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Gotta Bad Nose Job;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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