This is an analysis of the poem A Place At The Top that begins with:
THERE'S a place for you at the top, my boy,
Are you willing to try to get it?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabbbXaaaX ccccdddXcccX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1011110111 111001010 011100101 11010110 010110101 011100101 1111100101 10101010 1101100111 1011100101 111011101 101101010 11101110111 11101101 1011110111 0101001 1011100111 111110101 0010110101 110010100 1110111111 01110011111 011101111 11011010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 470
- Average number of words per stanza: 98
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; to, you, but, with are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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- summary of A Place At The Top;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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