This is an analysis of the poem In A Beep Beep Race that begins with:

When I hear them in the traffic,
Go beep beep....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCBDEB fcaffXABCBDEB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100010 111 1101 0011 1110110101 010010110 110100111 1110001001 110101001001 1111 11111 11001000111 11100010 111 1101 0011 1110110101 010010110 110100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; beep, i, in are repeated.

    The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of In A Beep Beep Race;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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