This is an analysis of the poem In The Land Of The Bumbley Boo that begins with:

In the land of the Bumbley Boo
The People are red white and blue,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aabba Aabba Aacca caaddaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100101 01011111 110110 110110 10100101 00100101 111101101 110110 010110 11001001 00100101 110101 11001 101011 101011001 10 101010101 1011111 11011 01111 10100101 010010111 0100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; boo, bumbley are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word in 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 boo is repeated).

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