This is an analysis of the poem The Boogah Man that begins with:
W'EN de evenin' shadders
Come a-glidin' down,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabaXaXabXXAXcdcXXXaXaXaXebedaXAXfXfXgXgXaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010010 10101 101110 10111 111010 10111 111010 10101 111010 11001 111010 00101 1111 111111001 1111 111011101 1111 111010111 1101 1000101 1010100 10101 1110100 001001 101010 11001 111110 11100 1111010 10101 111010 00101 111110 11111 111010 10101 111111 10101 111010 11101 101110 11101 111110 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1018
- Average number of words per stanza: 209
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; you, de, woo, oo, to are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase keerful connects the lines.
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- summary of The Boogah Man;
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