This is an analysis of the poem Get Up And Pray that begins with:

Sometimes,
What comes is not decided....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBcc aaac CdcCAc aBab CdDDCAc aabCdDDCc CcCeFCbdedFdddXdccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,4,7,9,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01 1101010 110101 110010101 1111 1111101 10001110 0011110101 010101111 1 0111101 1010101111 0100110 11111 01 1101010 111 111001 010101111 1 1001000 1001 1010101111 0100110 1111101 11001 11011 101000100101 010101111 1 1001000 1001 1010101111 01011101101 010101111 010101011101 010101111 111 1101 010101111 1001000101 1 1101 1 1101 1 1101 1 1111 1 1111 101 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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