This is an analysis of the poem Get With The Program that begins with:

The only thing from the past,
Worth keeping......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCAAD efgfhgggHdedf iHdEiDAiHdEiDA ABCAADiHdEIDA ICdHADXXiCdHADg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,14,13,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101001 110 0010111 10101001 1101 0010111 110110111 1010101011 110010010010 101000101001 010101101 1101001101 111111 111 10011 1 100101 101011010 0010001 10 10011 1 1010101 10 1011110 111010101 10 10011 1 1010101 10 1011110 111010101 0101001 110 0010111 10101001 1101 0010111 110 10011 1 1010101 111010 1011110 111010101 111010 101101 1 10011 011010111 01101 010101 0 11010 101101 1 10011 011010111 01101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 301
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; to, can are repeated.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Get With The Program;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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