This is an analysis of the poem Always Up To Some Prank that begins with:
Always up to some prank, this mischievous little Govindji over there
It's always I who has to suffer! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABXAB ccAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011010010100101 011111010 10101110010010110 111011010010100101 011111010 11111101111001111010 11001111011110111011 111011010010100101 011111010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
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; always, to, this, little are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word suffer at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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