This is an analysis of the poem You'Re A Fool To Get Rejected that begins with:

So the girl you love said ' No,' and you 're rejected !
Raddy addy umpty turn ta tee ! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a Ba Bcc a a a a b b d d X X e e ea B XB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,3,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111111010 101010111 011111111010 101010111 10011111010 1110101010 1010001 1010111 1010001 1011111 1010101 1011001 1010101 1010101 11101110 10100010 11111111 111101 110011 11010100010 101010111 1111101010101 101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 44
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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, by, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word by is repeated.

    The author used the same words raddy, by 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 it is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word tee at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of You'Re A Fool To Get Rejected;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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