This is an analysis of the poem The Popular Thing To Do that begins with:
Smith has got into trouble :
There 's a terrible hullabaloo ! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a Bc bdd edd eA BC B dd fXg fXX bhh XA BC B dd b ii BXX igg iA BC B aa ajj add gdd gA BCXB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,3,3,2,2,1,2,3,3,3,2,2,1,2,1,2,3,3,2,2,1,2,3,3,3,2,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1110010 1101001001 1101001001 10100101 110111 010011 1100111 010011 110011 0101101 11110010 1101001001 11010011001 110100101 11011011 110011 111101001 0111100 1111010 1110111111 11011010 010110 11111111 11001010 010010 010111111 11110010 1101001001 11010011001 110100101 0111011 010011 11001101 11101 111111 110100101 11111010 01110100 11111001 11101 111101 11101111111 11110010 1101001001 11010011001 110100101 110110 011010 110101001 011111 101001 0111011111 01111111 01111011 11001001 011101111 0111011 11111101 11110010 1101001001 11010011001 110100101
- Amount of stanzas: 29
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 67
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 62
- 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; him, 's, i, if are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word if is repeated.
The author used the same words there, who, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word him at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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