This is an analysis of the poem Nelly Bly that begins with:

Nelly Bly! Nelly Bly! bring de broom along,
We'll sweep de kitchen clean, my dear, and hab a little song.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbbb CDCD XXcc eebbXccbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110110101 11010111110101 1011101 110101 11110111 110101 11011010101 1111111010100 11011010101 1111111010100 10110110100 11000111110001 10110111111 11010101110101 10110111101 1110101011101 01111101111101 11011101011101 10110110101 1010110010111 101011101010111 11111010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • 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; de, nelly, she, nebber are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word nelly at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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