This is an analysis of the poem That Eenie Meenie Miney Moe Gotta Go that begins with:

Quit your beating that you do around the bush.
Your looks are mushy, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC DEA FFGFDFEA ABC DEA FFGFDFEAFFFGF ABccah FFFFGhXGGfh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,8,3,3,13,6,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110101 11110 11110100 1101010111 010011 101001 111101101 11 0111011101 11 1101010111 11 010011 101001 11101110101 11110 11110100 1101010111 010011 101001 111101101 11 0111011101 11 1101010111 11 010011 101001 11 111101101 11 0111011101 11 11101110101 11110 1110100 110100 1101110101 0111 111101101 11 111101101 11 111101111 011101 111101111 111101111 111101101 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; oh, that, eenie, meenie, miney are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word that 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 anonymous, hold are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words blush, tea at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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