This is an analysis of the poem Tit For Tat that begins with:

Have you been catching fish, Tom Noddy?
Have you snared a weeping hare?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXX XbXb XcXc Xdad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101110 1110101 1110110110110 11001001 111101001011 101011011 1100110110110 111110 1011011010 0101111 1100101011 1111 1111001110 011111 01111101101 111011001 11111101110 0011101 1110101101 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; have, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words have, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Tit For Tat;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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