This is an analysis of the poem Nicky Nicky Nicky Nicky Nicky Nick Pick that begins with:

You can't win the war and the battle cause,
That struggle is in your head....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD ABCD aXXe CAFAE CAFAEE ABCD CAFAEE CAFAEE ABCDD CADD CADDXCD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,6,4,6,6,5,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110101 1100011 11110101 0111110 1110110101 1100011 11110101 0111110 1110101011 0110101111 110111011 01110101111 101010101011 11 11110101 11 110111 101010101011 11 11110101 11 110111 0010101111 1110110101 1100011 11110101 0111110 101010101011 11 11110101 11 110111 0010101111 101010101011 11 11110101 11 110111 0010101111 1110110101 1100011 11110101 0111110 0111110 101010101011 11 0111110 0111110 101010101011 11 0111110 0111110 101010101011 0111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; that, you, nicky, pick, bones, there are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words pick, with are repeated.

    The author used the same words you, nicky 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 reaping is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words reaping, won 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 pick connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Nicky Nicky Nicky Nicky Nicky Nick Pick;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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