This is an analysis of the poem Pretty Babies that begins with:
Where are all the pretty babies,
Young folks had in their teens....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AaaaA AaAbXXXc DCDCECeC CDCDCECcCe CXCXf CXCXAAA gAAA CACABABABA gAAAaXcXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,8,10,5,7,4,10,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101010 111011 1110101 1101010 11111010 11101010 1111011 11111010 10110100 110110001 11 1010100010 111011100010 11111010111 11101100010 111111010111 11101100010 11111010101 11101100010 111111010111 11101100010 11010101010 11111010111 11010101010 111111010111 11010101010 11111010101 11010101010 1100110101 11010101010 11000110101 11010101010 11100011100 11010101010 11100011100 1100011101 11010101010 0100110100 11010101010 0100110100 1010 1010 1010 1 1010 1010 1010 11010101010 11100010 11010101010 11100010 1010 11100010 1010 11100010 1010 11100010 1 1010 1010 1010 101001 1101000100 01101 01110010 11100001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; where, all, pretty, babies, who, when are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words young, where, when, pretty, who are repeated.
The author used the same words where, who 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 babies is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words protected, babies at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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