This is an analysis of the poem Kids To-Day that begins with:

Scooby doo boop.
Scooby doo boop bee doop....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AX AX BCDXCEFaGH BCchCXffXb dXccc BCDXCEFaGH cbAXBAXB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,10,10,5,10,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 101111 1011 101111 0101 111010 111 11 111010 111 11 11 10 110101 0101 111010 111 1 111010 1010 11 1111 11 111100 1111001110 0011001 1111010101 010111 01100001101 0101 111010 111 11 111010 111 11 11 10 110101 01 01 1011 101111 1101 1011 101111 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; scooby, doo, boop, and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words scooby, and, they are repeated.

    The author used the same words scooby, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word doop at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Kids To-Day;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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