This is an analysis of the poem Get Name And Number that begins with:

Sometimes the best thing one can do,
After witnessing someone fall from a stumble......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXaXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01011111 101001110010 0010011001 1010110101 10111 01111011 0101001000 11111111101 0111101001011 010100010 111101100111 01011110011101 11101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 548
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Get Name And Number;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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