This is an analysis of the poem Bubblin' Up that begins with:

I used to be a prancer
a one-eyed song and dancer...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcXXcddXedXdebeeeffXfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100010 0111110 111101 110101 1101100 11101110 11111011111 110101 110101 11111011 110111 010101 111010 0101 110101010111 111111 1101111 1111111 111011 1010111 11111010 10111110 1101010101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 689
  • Average number of words per stanza: 144
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; you, i are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines up, you are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Bubblin' Up;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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