This is an analysis of the poem 'Delicious Wit! Come On And Get Some Of It' that begins with:

Knowing the kind of people they were...
From the time of my birth, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbXXc dacddXc cecdbb eebebbddf fXdXdXXeX cXbcd dddXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,6,9,9,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101010 001011 1101110 11110110 110 1010101011000 11 111110 010111 1000001 100001 10101 11100100 1101011 10111101 10101101 1111011 011110 1011101101 110110 01111 11101 111111010100 10100111111 11111001110 01110111101 11110010110 1101 011101 11 111110010101 011001 101001 101101101 01011101 100111111001 0111001 11000101010010 101010000101 01101 01001 111 101 11101010 010011010 1001101010 10000110101 011101 1111010010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of, and are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of 'Delicious Wit! Come On And Get Some Of It';
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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