This is an analysis of the poem Where Is Rufus And What Did Rufus Do? that begins with:
Where is Rufus?
Was he walking down Fifth Avenue? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXXbcc dX efXgXhi Ahhhaa aighXigg acg X AcXdAdbd ee Afge AXecc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,7,6,8,3,1,8,2,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010 111011101 1110001 010101010 10111 0010101 1011 101 001110111 100101011 1000100100110 10010101000010 1011101110 1010101 01010111 1010 1111111011 010111011111 11001011111 110100 1011100111 111110 11111101 010101010 1010111 01101110 10000001 01111010 110101010 110111110 11011010 1100010 101 1010 11011 11011001 01110111 1010 11011 111110 1111001 011111111 0111111111 1010 111111 11010 010110101 1010 101 110101 11111111 11011111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, remember, you, like are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words was, and are repeated.
The author used the same word where at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase evil connects the lines.
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