This is an analysis of the poem Back that begins with:

Keep the tale, it's free, just bring the book back.
Eat the fish, but bring the line and hook back....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa Xa Xa ba Xa ba Xa XaXba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1010111011 1011101111 111111101 10011111011 1101011101 11011101011 01011011111 11111101111 111111101 1110001001011 1101110101 11010111011 01011101001 11001111111 1110101111 1101010111 1111111100010 11111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines back is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word back at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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