This is an analysis of the poem Feel It To Feel that begins with:

MOVE with that beat to keep it.
MOVE with it not to stop....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAA ccXX ADAEADAE ABAA XaXaXABAAAAAEAAAEA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,8,4,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 100101 1011010 1110111 10111 1110111 1111 1011101 11 10010 11 1001 11 10010 11 1001 1011010 100101 1011010 1110111 0101000010 01011101 0101000010 11111100 1011010 100101 1011010 1110111 11 10010 11 1001 11 10010 11 1001 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; that, move, with, to, it, your, feel are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Feel It To Feel;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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