This is an analysis of the poem Energy that begins with:

You wont get me,
To deplete more of my energy....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcdXd EXXXfcEcXg ABHiHjCCK HijbCCK bfciX cdgf XX c X Xc XhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,9,7,5,4,2,1,1,2,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 001101100 1111011 1011 101010101 1111101 111111001 0101 1010001010 11011111111 1110111010 01111111011 111111001 11001 11111111 111111010 1111 001101100 01011 11011101 01011 111010111 111100001 010101101 11111111 01011 111111101 11 11101100 111100001 010101101 11111111 110 111101010 10110101 1111001111 110111110 11 11010 100100 111101010 1 10111100101 11 101111 01110111010 11001 1 11 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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  • summary of Energy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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