This is an analysis of the poem The Yellers that begins with:

You yell at everything; you yell and yell:
You would be horrified if all went well....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdXbbeeffddggggX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111011111 1101010111 1110101101 0100010100 1010111101 1111011111 10010111111 0010100100 1111111101 1111111101 0011000011 0101000101 1101110101 1111110101 1111111101 0111110101 1101001111 01001010101 1101000111 0111110111 101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 858
  • Average number of words per stanza: 160
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Yellers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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