This is an analysis of the poem Somebody Knocks that begins with:
Somebody...
Knocks, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXc aXde fega bc Xe hedhHF GHHGH hHF BIC GHHGHXBIC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,2,2,6,5,3,3,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110 1 111 1101010 110 1110 001 00101 1101011101 1 101011 00100 1101 1101011010 11011100111 01111 1111010011 1 11101 1 1001 11 1101111 1011 1001 1101111 111001 111011 1001 11 11010 11 1101 1101111 1011 1001 1101111 111001 11010 11 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 78
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; they is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word somebody at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Somebody Knocks;
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