This is an analysis of the poem Gestapo that begins with:
You had life so easy...
You thought you were the chips and cheese....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCC bdcc dedfdcggX HXee HFEC FCi X HFEC HFEC ABCCcHFEC X HFECXFCci
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,4,4,3,1,4,4,9,1,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110 11100111 111 1101 11001 011111 111 111 11111 11101101 11111110 11101 1111101 010111 01 111 111 00100101 101111 00111 01111 00100101 100111 01101 01011 1011111 001 11010 11111 00100101 100111 01101 01011 00100101 100111 01101 01011 111110 11100111 111 1101 1 00100101 100111 01101 01011 11111 00100101 100111 01101 01011 1011111 001 11 010
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 55
- 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 exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same words you, a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word not at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Gestapo;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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