This is an analysis of the poem Blow Up that begins with:
1-2-3-4
Boom bahbah boom bahbah boom bah....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XAAABXBcBcBdBXBXBbecAAABFBeBEBdG BFBEBdG AABDX AABDX BDBDBDB BDBDBDB BDBDBDB BDG XAaBDG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,7,5,5,7,7,7,3,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 11011011 11011011 11011011 1101101 001 1111 11 1111 11 1111 1110101 1111 11 1111 01 1111 1010 101 1 11011011 11011011 11011011 1101101 11 1111 11 1111 11 1111 1111 10110 1101101 11 101101 11 101101 1111 10110 11011011 11011011 1101101 11 10110 101011 101011 10101 11 10110 1101101 11 1111 11 1111 11 1111 1101101 11 1111 11 1111 11 1111 1101101 11 1111 11 1111 11 1111 10101 11 10110 1111 11011011 11111 1111 11 10110
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 79
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (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.
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; boom, bahbah, bah, boombah are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words boom, boombah, bah are repeated.
The author used the same word boom 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 bah, boom are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words somebody, 'body', boom 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 boom, bah connect the lines.
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- summary of Blow Up;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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