This is an analysis of the poem Hookey Rookie that begins with:

You can teach me...
Like I never ever had been taught in time before....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AB ABCX AB ABCX XXadXacd AB ABCX XaBABCX XXCXXc AB AXCX XXCX CXXC XC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,2,4,8,2,4,7,6,2,4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 1110101010101 11111 1110101010101 00111110 1110 1111 1110101010101 11111 1110101010101 00111110 1110 1111011000 110 11101 101111101 1111 110100101 11110 11011011001 1111 1110101010101 11111 1110101010101 00111110 1110 1 11111 1110101010101 11111 1110101010101 00111110 1110 111 1110 1010 101 101 110 1111 1110101010101 11111 11101010101000 00111110 1110 111 1110 1010 101 1010 101 01010101 1010 110101 1010
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • 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:

    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; i, before, nookie 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 just 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 nookie is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words hookey, cookie at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Hookey Rookie;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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