This is an analysis of the poem Funky Stuff that begins with:
I promise not to let,
The left step go......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAC ABAC ABAC DEFf DEFF GGGG DEFF GGGG DEGG GGGG ABAC GGDEFF GGGG DEFF GGGG GGfXABACGGDE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,4,4,4,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 0111 111001 10101111 110101 0111 111001 10101111 110101 0111 111001 10101111 110111 1110 11010011 11101001 110111 1110 11010011 11111001 11101 01101 01101 11101 110111 1110 11010011 11111001 11101 01101 01101 11101 110111 1110 11101 01101 11101 01101 01101 11101 110101 0111 111001 10101111 11101 01101 110111 1110 11010011 11111001 11101 01101 01101 11101 110111 1110 11010011 11111001 11101 01101 01101 11101 01101 11101 110101 110101 0111 111001 10101111 11101 01101 110111 1110
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 73
- 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:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, i are repeated.
The author used the same words i, i'd at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines stuff is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words all, mush at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Funky Stuff;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of The Weight It Takes
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