This is an analysis of the poem Puddled Up that begins with:

She wasn't a sweet loving buttercup.
Not on that date we had when I picked her up! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXXXbX XabcdX effXcXXXedfXfbfggbfgXXXffgf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,27,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100110101 11111111101 11011011101011 10110101011 111001100 11011 1111101 1101 0101010111 010000101000 11111 111101 0101 1111 1111001100 1111000100101 111111 1101011 10111111 1 111010 011110101 10100111010 1110111 01101 110111001 1100010 10101001 11101 10101 11110 11101 111001 011101 110010 11101111 11 11111 10110101 11101 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 317
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

    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; she, i are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ' connects the lines.

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  • summary of Puddled Up;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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