This is an analysis of the poem Hopefully When You'Ve Been Released that begins with:
This ax I wield,
Is not raised to attack you! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcb cabbcdX ecXd fccff cdde XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,4,5,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111 0110011 111111010 111011 01001 10101 100010 1111 01111101 1011001001 11101 0111100 100010101 011011110 11111 11010001 1100 11001 0100010100 010100100 10101010100 010 1101010010 11101 0100101010 110 110110100101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
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- summary of Hopefully When You'Ve Been Released;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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