This is an analysis of the poem I Like That Hat that begins with:
I like that hat,
You've got on your rack....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAA ABAA cXAA cXAA XAAAAbA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 11111 11011 110 1111 11111 11011 110 011010 111011 11011 110 0010001 1101 11011 110 1101010101 1111 110 11011 1111 10111 110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word it at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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