This is an analysis of the poem Only You Can Do A Hee-Hee With A Ha-Ha Too! that begins with:

Open up your windows.
And, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbCDc EFAG EHIH HHHJJ HHHJJ EHIH AbCDc HHHJJ EFAG hhhaXHbAHHHbA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,5,5,4,5,5,4,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 101110 1 11101 111110 0110101 111110 1111001 0000100 11010001 1110101 011111 11111011 1011111 101110110011111 1101110110011111 101110110011111 11011111 01001 101110110011111 1101110110011111 101110110011111 11011111 01001 1110101 011111 11111011 1011111 101110 1 11101 111110 01101101 101110110011111 1101110110011111 101110110011111 11011111 01001 111110 1111001 0000100 11010001 111 110110011111 1101 11111100011 101110110011111 1 0101110101101 101110110011111 101110110011111 101110110011111 1 0101110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, ha, hee, too, only, can, with are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word only 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 too is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word prove at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Only You Can Do A Hee-Hee With A Ha-Ha Too!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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