This is an analysis of the poem Knocked About that begins with:
Keep me posted,
About those things you do....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABACABAC BBAX XbbX ACABACABCBCB ABACABAC BCBdACdXXXACABac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,12,8,16,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110 011111 1110 11101 1110 011111 1110 11101 010011111 010011111 010011101 1111 010010111 11110111 0101111 11 1110 11101 1110 11011 1110 11101 1110 11011 1100101 11011 1100101 11011 1110 011111 1110 11101 1110 011111 1110 11101 010011111 11101 010011111 011101 010011101 1100101 101 1010101 110 1110 11101 1110 11011 1 100101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (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; it, matters, to, me, you, about are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.
The author used the same words it, keep at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Knocked About;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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