This is an analysis of the poem Wow Whee, They Did The Monkey that begins with:
She said it was okay,
If he kissed her lips......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABXCXCX DDXCXCX EBFB B BgXgXgXXX XHXgXXX ABXCXCX DDXCXCXXX XHXgXXX EBFB B BgXgXgXXX XHXgXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,4,1,9,7,7,9,7,4,1,9,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 01101 1 111 1 111 1 10101 1101011 1 111 1 111 1 0100010 10101 110111010 111 11 11 1 111111 1 111111 1 111111 11 10010 111111 1100 111111 1 1111111 11 10010 110111 01101 1 111 1 111 1 10101 1101011 1 111 1 111 1 1 10010 111111 1100 111111 1 1111111 11 10010 0100010 10101 110111010 111 11 11 1 111111 1 111111 1 111111 11 10010 111111 1100 111111 1 1111111 11 10010
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 79
- Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
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; kiss, and, ooo, gone are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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