This is an analysis of the poem Click Your Heels Until Your Feet Numbs that begins with:

It 'is' the greatest.
It 'is' the greatest....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAA X AA bX AA CDE XFB fabbca CAXbdGDEX baXgcaX AAA AX AA AhBX AA CDE XFBCAXGDEX AA AX AA AhBX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,1,2,2,2,3,3,6,9,7,3,2,2,4,2,3,10,2,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010 01010 01010 1001 01010 01010 1011100 11110 01010 01010 1110110 1100010 10101 10101010 101 1010110101 10010 111001111 101010110 10100011110 0011110 101111 0100 111011 11101111 11011101 101101 1110100 111101 010001 111 111 01 111010 10 11011011001 01 01 01010 01010 01010 10 0101 01010 01010 10 1 10111100 11110 01010 01010 1110110 1100010 10101 10101010 101 1010110101 0100 111011 11101111 1110100 111101 010001 1110 01010 01010 10 0101 01010 01010 10 1 10111100 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, 'is', greatest, and, your are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Click Your Heels Until Your Feet Numbs;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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