This is an analysis of the poem Keep It Clean that begins with:

Keep it clean.
Every crack your packing....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAC ABAC aXXdbabddeeXe ABAC ABAC beffgfegdX ABAC ABAC f X e adXeX ABAC ABAC fXaXcXABAC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,13,4,4,10,4,4,1,1,1,5,4,4,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 1001110 10111 11101 101 1001110 10111 11101 1111001010 01011 001111 110100101100 0101111 110100101 1010 00100101 101010 101110111 11100101 10101 1111100 101 1001110 10111 11101 101 1001110 10111 11101 10110 01101 1011001 100101111 110011100 010101100 101001 101110001 111110 111001 101 1001110 10111 11101 101 1001110 10111 11101 101 1011 11111 10101 1000111 01110 11011 01101011011 101 1001110 10111 11101 101 1001110 10111 11101 1010100 100101010 10111010 01101010 1101001 101 1001110 10111 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; it, to are repeated.

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

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

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

  • summary of Keep It Clean;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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