This is an analysis of the poem Meenah Mama Oh Nahnah that begins with:
Ooh beddy bet...
Ooh mah baby....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAC ABAC XXXC XXXCC ABAC ABAC XXXC XXXCC XXXC XXXC XC XC C X aXXXcXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,4,4,4,5,4,4,2,2,1,1,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 1110 1101 1111 1101 1110 1101 1111 10 10110 10 1101 10 11010 10 1011 101 1101 1110 1101 1111 1101 1110 1101 1111 10 10110 10 1101 10 11010 10 1011 101 10 11010 10 101 10 11010 10 101 10 101 10 101 101 101 1 11000 111 11 00011101 010101010 1
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 49
- Average number of words per stanza: 9
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 13 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 2
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; ooh, mama are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ooh, mama are repeated.
The author used the same words ooh, meenah, mama 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 no is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words doo, no at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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