Get Up. Shut Up. And Move by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Get Up. Shut Up. And Move that begins with:

Get up.
Shut up, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAB AAB AAB bcAAB cXc AAB AAB AAB cXc AAB AAB AABXAAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,5,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 0111001 110 11 11 11 111101111 1111 001111 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 111010101 10111 1101 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 39
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 12 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; up 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.

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

    The poet repeated the same word move at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Get Up. Shut Up. And Move;
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