This is an analysis of the poem ~63~ that begins with:

Get back!
Get back I say! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAC ABADDDA X effgeXXbX hXX e XeijaXdchX dkXdkh gX bXeeeffXbgX feaXgX eX eaibb ABAC XddXfjXlcfX lXlXe dcXcce XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,1,9,3,1,10,6,2,11,6,2,5,4,11,5,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 1111 11 111111110 11 1111 11 111 111 111 11 101 10111011 111110 1110 1010 10111101 111 11 1111101 00111010 11011 1 110101010 11110101 10 1110100 1011111110 11101010 01001111 1101 1110101 11100 10010 11 1 1 1 1 1 010 111111 111111010011 1101000101 01101 1 1 1 10010101111 11010010 101001 111101 110101 1111010 101 1111 1 11011111001 10101 10101 11 1101110110 1111 11110111 1011 111001 1 11 1111 11 111111110 1 1101 111001 1 1100010 110 01 01001 111100 11110 001 1 11 1110 111111 1110011 11001100 11101110 1101000101 0011 111010 11 1 101 1 1010 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 98
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words get, how, but, i, why, before, he are repeated.

    The author used the same word get at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you, but are repeated).

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases but, before, in connect the lines.

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