This is an analysis of the poem Who Could Had 'thunk It' that begins with:

Today's youth are heard to say,
'People don't get me.'...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXAXBCXX XDXEXDXX AXAXBCXX XDXEXDXX XDXcXDXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111101 1111 001010101 1111 1010111 10101 11010 1010100 11111 1100001 11111 11111010 11111 1100001 11111 11111 0111101 1111 001010101 1111 1010111 10101 11010 1010100 11111 1100001 11111 11111010 11111 1100001 11111 11111 11111 1100001 11111 111101 11111 1100001 01110 1110 010010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; who, could, had, 'thunk, it' are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word who 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 it' is repeated).

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