This is an analysis of the poem His Momma Cries that begins with:
He don't know his daddy.
So to compensate, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcXbcdXeeAd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010 10101 010111 001 10101010 0111100 1010011 0110100 101110010 111111 111010 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 12
- 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; he is repeated.
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