Get Off The Couch Get Out by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Get Off The Couch Get Out that begins with:

Stable those thoughts that shake you,
More to live on doubts....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCC dXdXb CeCfggCC ABCC CeeCegCC gXgfXccbXCC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,8,4,8,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 10111 1010101 11101 1100111 1101010 1010101 1110100 101111101 110111 01101001101 110111 101 1011 0110101 110111 110111 1011111 10111 1010101 11101 110111 01 0101 110111 01 10001 110111 110111 1011011 101 01 011101 1111 1101001 1110001 0101111 110111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines out is repeated).

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