This is an analysis of the poem Who Lowered 'This' Boom? that begins with:

Who lowered this boom?
Da boom boom......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAAAA AAAAA BAAA BAAA CAAA XAAA XAAXAA CDECE AAAAA AAAAA BBCXCDECE aAAAA bX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,4,4,4,6,5,5,5,9,5,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001 111 10010011 10010011 1001001 11001 111 10010011 10010011 1001001 100101010 11001 111 1001001 111101010 11001 111 1001001 1011111010 11001 111 1001001 1011101010 11001 111 1001001 1 1111 1001001 1 1111 1001001 11101 1111 111101 10101 1010111 11001 111 10010011 10010011 1001001 11001 111 10010011 10010011 1001001 100101010 111101010 1011111010 1011101010 11101 1111 111101 10101 1010111 11011 111 10010011 10010011 1001001 10101110 11001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; boom, boomidy, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words boomidy, there, didn't are repeated.

    The author used the same words who, there, didn't 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 boom is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word boom at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Who Lowered 'This' Boom?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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