This is an analysis of the poem Eight Balloons that begins with:

Eight balloons no one was buyin'
All broke loose one afternoon....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabbbbbbbXXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111110 1111101 1010101 10111100 11101011 11111011 1101001011 1101001011 110111011 1101001011 11100100011 1101101111 10111110 11110111 1011101 110111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 615
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; one, pop, to, they, and, free are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines pop is repeated).

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

  • summary of Eight Balloons;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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