This is an analysis of the poem Choose A Move To Do that begins with:

Whatever you do
Don't boo hoo blues...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXC daXCXe DECFA DECFA DEDCDFDA ABXC DECFAXDEDCDFDaD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,5,5,8,4,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 1111 111010 11101 1111 100101 111010 11101 11110 101111 11 111111 1101111 1110101 111011111 11 111111 1101111 1110101 111011111 11 111111 11 1101111 11 1110101 11 111011111 11011 1111 111010 11101 11 111111 1101111 1110101 111011111 1111 111111 111 1101111 111 1110101 111 11101111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, up, get are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word don't is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Choose A Move To Do;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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