This is an analysis of the poem They'Ve Put A Brassiere On A Camel that begins with:

They've put a brassiere on a camel,
She wasn't dressed proper, you know. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbAbXccAAdAdbbbA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101010 11011011 110101010 1101101 11101001001 1101001001111 11101011001 1110101010 110101010 11111011 110101010 01011001 11000011011 11111101001 1111101101 1110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 678
  • Average number of words per stanza: 122
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; camel is repeated.

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

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

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