This is an analysis of the poem Tomboy that begins with:
There's a little girl I know
And we call her So-and-So.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aababcac ddedeadX aacafcac ggfgfege hhihijhj kkXkXaka eelXlaea ccjcjbcb ddadaadX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1010111 1110111 1010011 0011111 1010111 1110011 0110101 1011101 1110101 1011101 1010111 1110111 11111011 1110111 0001101 1110111 1011101 1011111 1011111 1111101 1010100 0011111 11111101 0111101 1111101 1010111 1110100 1010101 1111110 1110111 1110001 1000001 1011111 1110111 1010110 1111111 1111111 1110101 1010001 1111011 1111101 1011111 1111101 1110101 1011111 1111111 1110101 1110111 1111111 1110111 1110111 1110100 1110111 1011111 1111010 1011111 1111101 1110111 1011111 1010111 0110101 1111111 1010111 0010111 1011101 1110101 1111001 1011111 1010101 1010111 10101001 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; and, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, or, had, and are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase all connects the lines.
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