This is an analysis of the poem Statistically Speaking that begins with:
Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom,
Statistically speaking....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABABABABAbccXccd XddceeABAB fcdXdfdXXDFGc AfAhAiAdXg ABhjj ABABDFGicXAeAeAeAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,10,13,10,5,18,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111111 0100010 111111111 0100010 111111111 0100010 111111111 0100010 111111111 0011001010 101110 1010101 101 1010111 1011 101010101 10110101 0111101 11110100 1011101001 101000101 110100100 111111111 0100010 111111111 0100010 1111 111010 1110110 1010110 11101000101 110111 111110111 1011110 11101 11011 10101 11011 1110110011 111111111 0111101 111111111 010101001 111111111 111110 111111111 01100100101 0101 101101 111111111 0100010 110111011 0101 011101 111111111 0100010 111111111 0100010 11011 10101 11011 11101 10011 111111111 1 111111111 1 111111111 1 111111111 0100010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 323
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 71
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; boom, we, and are repeated.
The author used the same word boom at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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