This is an analysis of the poem Noddin' By De Fire that begins with:

SOME folks t'inks hit's right an' p'opah,
Soon ez bedtime come erroun',...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXXXbXbXXXXaXXXXXcXXXXXXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111110 1111110 10100010 110100101 11101110 1110110 10101110 1010101 1110101 0010001 10101010 1110101 10101010 0010101 10101010 1001101 11111110 1110111 11101010 1010011 11110001 11011111 11111111 1110101 10111110 1110101 11111010 1011001 10111110 1011110 10111110 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1007
  • Average number of words per stanza: 204
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; de, you, it are repeated.

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  • summary of Noddin' By De Fire;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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