This is an analysis of the poem Sloppy To Mock And Copy that begins with:
Keeping it real and smooth is tough.
And easier said than done....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAcdX ABAEF GHGCGDIC GDGEjGE ABAEF GDGEjGEXGHGCGDIC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,8,7,5,16,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011101 1100111 01010101 10111010 11001 110110100 10011101 1100111 01010101 110101110 1011001 1001110 1110100110 1001110 111010001 1001110 111011101 10111101 1010101 1001110 111010101 1001110 1110010 1 11101110 1011001 10011101 1100111 01010101 110101110 1011001 1001110 111010101 1001110 1110010 1 11101110 1011001 1001110 1110100110 1001110 111010001 1001110 111011101 10111101 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 46
- 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 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; and, to, done are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word done is repeated.
The author used the same words keeping, sloppy at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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