This is an analysis of the poem Put A Sock In It that begins with:
Put a sock in it,
Maybe this will rush a hush....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABABABCD ABABABCD Xdee ABABABCD XffXe ABABABCD ABCD ABCDXCCCD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,4,8,5,8,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10100 1000101 10100 1000101 10100 1000101 01101111 11011011 10100 1000101 10100 1000101 10100 1000101 01101111 11011011 101010010010 1101101111 101010100010 10111010101 10100 1000101 10100 1000101 10100 1000101 01101111 11011011 1110110101010 11111 0111 11110111 01111101 10100 1000101 10100 1000101 10100 1000101 01101111 11011011 10100 1000101 11101 111 10100 1000101 11101 111 11101 11101 11101 111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, folks, have, had, enough are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word folks is repeated.
The author used the same word put 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 enough is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word up at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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