This is an analysis of the poem I Don't Like Beetles that begins with:
I DON'T like beetles, tho' I'm sure they're very good,
I don't like porridge, tho' my Nanna says I should; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXb X cX c ccXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,2,1,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101011100 111101110111 1110100010111 101010111010 101 111010111110 1 1110101011101 1 11110110001 111010101111 1
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 72
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, like are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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