This is an analysis of the poem Get Me Back that begins with:
Get me back,
On that right track...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAbCDCEFAGX AAbCDCEFAGX fXcfXef AAbCDCEFAGX fd AAbCDCAX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,7,11,2,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 1111 10 111101 10111 11 11 1101 11011111 10101 11111110 111 1111 10 111101 10111 11 11 1101 11011111 10101 11111110 01000101 110 010111110 11111111 1010 110111 0101 111 1111 10 111101 10111 11 11 1101 11011111 10101 11111110 110111 11110010 111 1111 10 111101 10111 11 11011111 0110111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; me, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
The author used the same word get at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word cussin' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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