This is an analysis of the poem Speak Roughly To Your Little Boy that begins with:

And with that she
began nursing her child again, singing a sort of... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXacaXbXXcacaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 0110010110010 101001101110001 1110101001 101001101 1111110 11010001 0111010000 010110101101100010101010 01111001010001 1110110111 110110101 101010011 1111110 11110001 010111001000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 734
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; he, and, wow are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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  • summary of Speak Roughly To Your Little Boy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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