This is an analysis of the poem Just Walk Away that begins with:

When you've given all you've got...
Just walk away....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABABAB CD ABABAB BDBDB CD BDBDB ABABAB CD BDBDBBBXDBDBBBBD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,6,5,2,5,6,2,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 1101 1110101 1101 0111111 1101 110101 11110100 1110111 1101 1110101 1101 0111111 1101 1101 11110100 1101 11110100 1101 110101 11110100 1101 11110100 1101 11110100 1101 1110111 1101 1110101 1101 0111111 1101 110101 11110100 1101 11110100 1101 11110100 111101 1101 1101 11110100 111101 11110100 111101 1101 111101 1101 11110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; just, walk, away are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, just are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Just Walk Away;
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