This is an analysis of the poem You Oughta Be Spanked, Boo that begins with:
Whack, whack, whack...
Whack, whack, whack, whack, whack....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAAAB AAAAB AAAABc DXcX DEFEb AAAABc DEFEbBcABcABcAA X AAA X AAA Bc XXAAA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,4,5,6,15,1,3,1,3,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 11111 11111 111 11001 111 11111 11111 111 11001 111 11111 11111 111 11001 1 1111011 1010 11011 101 1111011 1101 0101 1101 1 111 11111 11111 111 11001 1 1111011 1101 0101 1101 1 11001 1 111111 11001 1 111111 11001 1 111111 11111 1101 111111 11111 11111 1101 111111 11111 11111 11001 1 11101 111111 11111 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 60
- 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:
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.
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; whack, you, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word whack is repeated.
The author used the same words whack, 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 whack is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word spanked at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase whack connects the lines.
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