This is an analysis of the poem Happy Easter that begins with:
Who wants to be a rooster,
Crowing before dawn everyday....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAA ABAA CDDEc DF AB AA AB AA CDDEXc DFXf XXXeXXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,2,2,2,2,2,6,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100010 10011101 1100110 1100110 1100010 10011101 1100110 1100110 011111110 011 111011010111 1011010001 1011010 111 00101 1100010 10011101 1100110 1100110 1100010 10011101 1100110 1100110 011111110 011 111011010111 1011010001 1011 010 111 00101 1010 11101011000111 1 1110 11 11101011 101 1 11010 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; who, wants, to, be, rooster, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, to, and, i are repeated.
The author used the same word who 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 rooster, up are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word rooster at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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