This is an analysis of the poem Like A Seesaw That Bumps Your Rump that begins with:
Don't blame me...
Like a seesaw that bumps your rump....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAB CDC ebeX DDD ABAB CDC DDD edCF ABAB DDDCF GBGbGBGBGBGBc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,3,4,3,3,4,4,5,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 10111111 11101 1111101 11010001 1010101 111011 101 111111001 1111 01011101 11110001 01101101 1110111 111 10111111 11101 1111101 11010001 1010101 111011 11110001 01101101 1110111 11110 11101 111111101 1111011101 111 10111111 11101 1111101 11110001 01101101 1110111 111111101 1111011101 1011 11011 011 111011 1011 11011 011 111011 1011 11011 011 111011 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; when, that, you, bump are repeated.
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