This is an analysis of the poem Sumthin' Othuh Than Yo' Nah-Stay that begins with:
Gimme sumthin' othuh than yo' nah-stay.
'Cause yo' pooh-pooh sicks a doo-doo, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABB ABB ABB ABB ABB AAXABBA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101111 01111011 11111011 1010101111 01111011 11111011 111010001001 01111011 11111011 111010001001 01111011 11111011 1010101111 01111011 11111011 111010001001 1010101111 1101010101101 1010101111 01111011 11111011 1010101111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; pooh, yo', doo are repeated.
The author used the same words gimme, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word pooh at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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