This is an analysis of the poem In Full Camouflage that begins with:

Do what you do and get through it!
You made a choice and you knew it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AabXbAcadeeXcAbadbcAcdaAfcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111110 11011110 111110111 111101 11111 11111110 11111 110 111101000101 010110 011101010 1011101111 111001101001 11111110 1111010 0010110 10110 1010101 1 11111110 110011 101011 10110111 11111110 1011001 110101 10101101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 833
  • Average number of words per stanza: 170
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

    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; you, and are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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

  • summary of In Full Camouflage;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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