This is an analysis of the poem Ooo Baby Your Mojo Overloads that begins with:

My blood boils,
And my pressure rises....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABC DEFG AAHiAGA AABC DEFGfaAHiAGA eAAh AGA GF XJIKGF XJIKGF XkXXkiXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,4,12,4,3,2,6,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 111010 111 111110 1111 111111 1101 1010101 110110101 11000 1111011 1 110110101 1111 1111101 111 111010 111 111110 1111 111111 1101 1010101 101111 110110101 11000 1111011 1 110110101 1111 1111101 1 110110101 11000 110111 110110101 1111 1111101 1111 11111 11010101000 1011010 11011 11011111110 1111 11111 11010101000 1011010 11011 11011111110 1111 11111 11010101000 00101011110 1 11010101000 11111101110 1 11010101000 111110110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, and are repeated.

    The author used the same words my, ooo at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

  • summary of Ooo Baby Your Mojo Overloads;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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