This is an analysis of the poem I Got Back On My Feet that begins with:

This I'm sure will be found...
I'll be around....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABC dAABCC BABABBC BABABBC dAABCC AABC BABABBC BABABBCaEAEAEA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,7,7,6,4,7,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001001 1001 110101 11110 1 001001 1001 110101 11110 010 10 100111 10 110101 10 10111 1111111 10 100111 10 110101 10 10111 1111111 1 001001 1001 110101 11110 010 001001 1001 110101 11110 10 100111 10 110101 10 10111 1111111 10 100111 10 110101 10 10111 1111111 101110010010 11011 01110010010 11011 01110010010 11011 01110010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • 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 is repeated.

    The author used the same word i've 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 it is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words it, feet at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of I Got Back On My Feet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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