This is an analysis of the poem Fix Your Own Wreckage that begins with:

You fix your own wreckage.
I have lost all patience to assist....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCB cXcb ABCB XcXX AdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 111110001 11010111100 0111101100 10111110 01100100100 1111011011 011101011100 111110 111110001 11010111100 0111101100 1110 1111011 1110101 1010010011011 111110 111110100 0010111 00100101011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

  • summary of Fix Your Own Wreckage;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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