This is an analysis of the poem Knock It Down that begins with:
Knock it down,
All the hurting....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAAAAC ABAAAAc DDDD EFDG DDDD ABAAAAC DDABAA EFaac DDDD EFABAAAACABAAAACXEFDG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,4,4,4,7,6,5,4,21,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 1010 101 101 101 0110 10111 101 1010 101 101 101 0110 110111 111 111011 1101001 11001 1110 110111 1101001 0010101 111 111011 1101001 11001 101 1010 101 101 101 0110 10111 111 111011 101 1010 101 101 1110 110111 101 1010 110111 111 111011 1101001 11001 1110 110111 101 1010 101 101 101 0110 10111 101 1010 101 101 101 0110 10111 1110 110111 1101001 0010101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; knock, it, them are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words knock, and are repeated.
The author used the same words knock, take at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word name at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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