This is an analysis of the poem Whoa Whoa Whoa Hush That Rush that begins with:

Traveling with negative activities...
Hear them cuss a lot! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABB CABB DECDF ABB CABB DECDF fdGG DGG AGG ABB AGG DGG HGHGHGHG CAHGdGGXHGHG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,5,3,4,5,4,3,3,3,3,3,8,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001000100 10101 11101 1010110 101 11101 10101 11011100 11001100 0100010 10011 101 10001000100 10101 11101 1010110 101 11101 10101 11011100 11001100 0100010 10011 101 1101010 101010 1101 00101 10100100101 1101 00101 11000101101 1101 00101 10001000100 10101 11101 11000101101 1101 00101 10100100101 1101 00101 111111 00101 111111 00101 111111 00101 111111 00101 1010110 101 111111 00101 110100100101 1101 00101 111111 00101 111111 00101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; cuss, whoa, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

    The author used the same word no 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 lot, cuss are repeated).

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

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  • summary of Whoa Whoa Whoa Hush That Rush;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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