This is an analysis of the poem Have You Heard A Duck Hiccup? that begins with:
Has anyone seen the elite eat beets?
Has anyone ever seen them pat their feet? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AB ab C Xb bXX Xbbc DX AB C e DX XeXe C DX XeXe C DX XeXeXC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,1,2,3,4,2,2,1,1,2,4,1,2,4,1,2,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100100111 11001010111 111010101 11011000101 1110110 111011 10001 1110101 111011101 011 1011111010 111110101 11101010001 1111001101 11 1101 1100100111 11001010111 1110110 1 11 1101 11 1 11 1 1110110 11 1101 11 1 11 1 1110110 11 1101 11 1 11 1 1110110
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 47
- Average number of words per stanza: 9
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; seen, have, you, oh are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words has, have, oh are repeated.
The author used the same word have at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase oh connects the lines.
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