This is an analysis of the poem Regulate Your Flowing that begins with:

Poopoop-a-doom-a-doom-a-doom.
Poopoop-a-doom-a -doom-a-doom....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aab AAAB CDCE FGXE AaaB AAAB HDHDHDHId CDCE FGXE jAjAXAB jjAXAB HDHId AAAB HId AAAB HdHdHIdXAAABHId
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,4,4,9,4,4,7,6,5,4,3,4,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 10010101 1001010111110 10010101 10010101 100110101 11110 11 1101010 1011 010111 101 10101110 1001000 11011 10010101 10010101 10010101 11110 10010101 10010101 100110101 11110 101110 110100 101110 110100 101110 110100 101110 11 100 11 1101010 1011 010111 101 10101110 1001000 11011 1 10101 11 10101 1 10101 11110 1 1010111 10101 1 10101 11110 101110 110100 101110 11 100 10010101 10010101 100110101 11110 101110 11 100 10010101 10010101 100110101 11110 101110 10 101110 10 101110 11 100 10010101 10010101 100110101 11110 101110 11 100
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 83
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; doom, poopoop, ah are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words poopoop, doom are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Regulate Your Flowing;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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