This is an analysis of the poem You Can't Juggle To Then Dribble that begins with:

You can't juggle to then dribble balls,
To do it all....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABA BcB DDDD ABa bb DDDD BcB ABA ABee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,3,2,4,3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001101 0101 100010101 11110110110 11010011101 0010 0101101011 10100010101 0101101011 101010110101 111001101 0101 100010111 1111010101010 01011111 0101101011 10100010101 0101101011 101010110101 11110110110 01010011101 0010 111001101 0101 100010101 111001101 0101 01010101 101010010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word you 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 balls is repeated).

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