This is an analysis of the poem I'M Not Here To Kiss Your 'Boo Boo' that begins with:

I'm not here to kiss your 'boo boo'.
I am here to put my foot up your rear end....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XABCA XXaXX XABCA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 01101111 11101111111 1110101000100 00101101 011000001 1111100 111010110101 11111111 11 11111101 01101111 11101111111 1110101000100 00101101 011000001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; to, here, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, do are repeated.

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  • summary of I'M Not Here To Kiss Your 'Boo Boo';
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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