This is an analysis of the poem Rattled that begins with:
Don't think that floating boat,
You sit in needs no one to paddle....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCA dCA dXCA CCA eaaa CCA ABCA CXeXbXABCA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,3,4,3,4,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 110111010 1101110 1010111 111000101010 1101110 1010111 1110011 001011 1101110 1010111 10111010111010 1101110 1010111 110101 0010011 111011 0010001 10111010111010 1101110 1010111 111101 110111010 1101110 1010111 10111010111010 11110 00101110 110101 01110110 111101 110111010 1101110 1010111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; to, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same word you 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 boat is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word boat at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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