This is an analysis of the poem Got To Knock Those Fences Down that begins with:

We've got to knock,
Those fences down! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBC CCCD XcddXcX eXeXeb CCCDXABBC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,6,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 1101 11001010 0101010 1010111001 100111001 10100111 111000111 1011001 01101101 11010 101010 0100100 00111 10101000 111011101 0100010 0100100 1001111100 101101 1100010 1010111001 100111001 10100111 111000111 1101 1101 11001010 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; knocked is repeated.

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  • summary of Got To Knock Those Fences Down;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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