This is an analysis of the poem Mr. Lingodooffer that begins with:

Mr. Bingoplooffer?
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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabaXXbXcXX aXXbXcdXXbddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101000 111111101 10101010 1111110010 01110 101000 11111 1101010 101000 1110101001 101100101010 1010101000 101100011 101000 111110010001 00011110111 101000 11011010001010 10111111 111011010111 1001000110100000 01011101010 10111 011 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 414
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

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