This is an analysis of The Day I Got My Finger Stuck Up My Nose by Brian Patten.

When I got my finger stuck up my nose
I went to a doctor, who said,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXX abbX Xbab XbbX XbaX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1111101111 11001011 1001011001 101011110 10101101111 010110011 101101001001 10111011110 110010011111 110010001 100101101111 010010011 10011101001 1011001 1011110101 100111110 10101001001 111110011 1011110111 110011100
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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