This is an analysis of the poem Get Up Off Your Knees that begins with:
When I then let go to let God,
Take from my hands......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcaadccXXbabceeX Xf dXgbXccX Xggaf bXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,2,8,5,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111011 1011 111110001 100101 1011101 01111101 10111 011101101 111010101 1101011 0111111 110010 10111 01011001 101101 1011 111110111 1 1110110111 11 110 111001 11110110 1 11111 10101 1111011011 111 11111101 011011101001 1 1101011 11111 110111010 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 35
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; i, to are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Get Up Off Your Knees;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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