This is an analysis of the poem Simplistically Breezy that begins with:

Keeping it realistic.
Untwisted from statistics! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcdcX aXXefbgf DHHHDHD I DHHHDHD AaebebgX DHHHDHD HDHDXI
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,7,1,7,8,7,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010 1000010 111111010 101111 010 1111010000 110101010 100101000 011010111 111101001 11101101101 100101111 01 11010011000001 111111 111 111 111 111111 111 111111 1000010 111111 111 111 111 111111 111 111111 1001010 01100101101 010110 111110 11110 1111111 0101101001 111111 111111 111 111 111 111111 111 111111 111 111111 111 111111 1000010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; dah, dee are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word dah 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 dah is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word doo at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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  • summary of Simplistically Breezy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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