This is an analysis of the poem With A Groove You Did Done that begins with:

Dig it with your groove on.
Dig it with a groove you did done! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAAAAAAA BABABAAA BABABAAAXAAAAAAAA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111 10001101 0011 10001101 0011 10001101 001101 001101 100110 10001011 0100010 10001011 0100010 1001011 11011 1101011 100110 10001011 0100010 10001011 0100010 1001011 11011 1101011 100111 10001101 0011 10001101 0011 10001101 001101 001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, groove, you, done, gitcha are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words dig, with, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word don'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 done, on are repeated).

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

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