This is an analysis of the poem Topsy-Turvy World that begins with:
IF the butterfly courted the bee,
And the owl the porcupine; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcefbfbdgdg e XhXhdagaXcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,1,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001011001 1010101 01001001 111111 00101010 00101101 0011010010 00101101 01011010 00101101 0010011010 0110111 010110110 110101 111010010 1110011 10 1111 11101 11010 111 1110101 10101 110101 111 1111 111010 101110 0111010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; if, should are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word if is repeated.
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