This is an analysis of the poem King Borria Bungalee Boo that begins with:
KING BORRIA BUNGALEE BOO
Was a man-eating African swell;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbb bcbcc dcDXX aeaee bXbcc afafX aeAee agagg hXXXX aaaaa bcbcc cicii ggXgg XjHjX XkXkX gegee dXdkX cXXXX babAa HdXdD XcXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 101101001 01101000 01001001 01001001 10111001 0101001 101101101 111001011 10110001011 11101111 111001011 01010011 10101011 01001011 11111001 111001001 110101 11011001 101101001 100110011 10101011 111111101 111011001 101001001 11011111 11101101 011111011 101001011 1010101011 11101101 101011101 101001011 001001001 001001001 101001011 111001001 101101011 101011101 101001101 101101011 101001011 101001001 101001111 101001111 10100101 11001001 101011111 01001001 0101001 111011011 111011011 111001011 001001001 101001001 001011011 1100001011 01101011 101011011 011111011 101011001 10101101 1000010001 111011001 11011001 11001001 101011111 11101011 1111101 11011110 11001011 110011001 11001111 11101111 101101011 1010110011 111011011 111011011 111011011 110111011 1101111 110011101 101010011 111111001 1111111001 101001011 101001011 110101011 1111010101 111111011 101001011 010101 001111001 101001011 01011011 11101011 1101111 11101001 11010011 01010011 11001011 11011011 11001111 10101011 01001011
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 105
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; i, there, they, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, there, and are repeated.
The author used the same word and 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 yell, see, teh, eat, day, state, old, foe, way, hair, head, blushed, loo, ah are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase they connects the lines.
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