This is an analysis of the poem Just Wake Me Up! that begins with:
Wake me up!
You've got to pinch me....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC ABdEFG XHB ABdB ABdBHB ABCHB AICC AICC ABCHB AICCAXABdEFGA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,3,4,6,5,4,4,5,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 11011 111001 1111 11 100 1101010 010001 110010010100 110010 111010 0100011 1111 11 100 0101 1111 11 100 0101 111010 0100011 111 11011 111001 111010 0100011 1111 11101 01001 1110101 1111 11101 01001 1110101 111 11011 111001 111010 0100011 1111 11101 01001 1110101 1111 1111 11 100 1101010 010001 110010010100 111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; me is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word just is repeated.
The author used the same word just 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 up is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words free, that, up at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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