This is an analysis of the poem Kudos that begins with:

Don't you feel a mess,
When you don't get those kudos? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AA aAa BC aAa DEEEAA Xa aAa Xa aAa AFGEHEE AA aAa BC aAa DEEEAA AFGEHEE EHEEaXEEAe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,2,3,6,2,3,2,3,7,2,3,2,3,6,7,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 1111110 10 101010 10 111101 1110111 10 101010 10 11101 101101 100110100111 1101010100101 11110 110 111010 11101110 10 101010 10 01101 0010110 10 101010 10 111101 00111 101011101 110111 101001 010 11110 11101 1111110 10 101010 10 111101 1110111 10 101010 10 11101 101101 100110100111 1101010100101 11110 110 111101 00111 101011101 110111 101001 010 11110 110111 101001 010 11110 1110 100110100111 1101010100101 11110 1111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; kudos, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word and 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 kudos, noodles are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word kudos 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 kudos connects the lines.

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

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