This is an analysis of the poem Get Them Booted that begins with:

Boot those blues,
You are too quick to slip on....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACDEF adfXfac GG ABACDEF GGHD GGHD DF GGHDXDFDaDa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,2,7,4,4,2,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 1111011 10101001 1101 0010101 101001 101001 101111 0110101 0101 10 01001 10111100100 1010011 110010 0101010 111 1111011 10101001 1101 0010101 101001 101001 110010 0101010 1101001101011 111001101 110010 0101010 1101001101011 111001101 1010 1101 110010 0101010 1101001101011 111001101 1010 1101 1010 1110011 1010 1011111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; them is 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 parade at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Get Them Booted;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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