This is an analysis of the poem Just Get Up that begins with:

No matter who has crushed your pride.
To hit you in the gut felt deep inside, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaBXBc BCBABCBA DaDaaXdXBCBc DaDBCBABCBA BCBCBCBCXABCBCaBCBCBCBCBCBC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,12,11,27,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 0110011101 11 1101011 111 110110111 11 01011 111 010111111 11 01011 111 010111111 1101001010 1 1101001010 1 1101001 01001 10011 1111 11 01011 111 0101101 1101001010 1 1101001010 111 01011 11011 010111111 11 01011 111 010111111 11 1011 111 101101 11 1011 111 101101 11011111 111 1011 11 101101 1101111101 11 1011 111 101101 11011 1011 111 101101 11 1011 11011 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • 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, it are repeated.

    The author used the same word you've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Just Get Up;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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