This is an analysis of the poem Equipment that begins with:
Figure it out for yourself, my lad,
You've all that the greatest of men have had,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcX ddebdd ffbegg eegghh ccaacX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 100111011 1110100111 11111111 1010101101 000101101 111011111 10100111 111100101 110011111 0100101111 010100111 1111111111 11101101 110101010 110111111 1111110101 10111101101 010101111 110101111 110111111 11111101 1110100101 110111111 110111100 101100101 011100001 1100111011 1010110111 010101101 110101111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; two, they, and, you, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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