This is an analysis of the poem Whacked (Bananas) that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBBBBBBcbdbCDE aBBBBDEbCDEbeXaBBBBBBBBDEbCDEBeBbbe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,35,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 111 10011 1111110 011 1111110 011 00111 1111 11011 1 11101 110101 11010 1 1111110 011 1100110 111 101110 10110110 1 11101 110101 11010 1101011 1010 1 111 10011 1111110 011 1111110 011 1100110 111 101110 10110110 1 11101 110101 11010 11 111010 11 1111 1111 010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 336
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word bananas at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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