This is an analysis of the poem Let 'Em Slip. Let 'Em Go. Your Woes that begins with:
Keep what you value treasured.
That which is kept, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABXBCCCDE CDBDBDE ABXBCCCDE cDbDcDaEXCDBDBDee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,9,17,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010 1101 11011000 001011 1101110 1001001 00100101 101011 10110111 101001001 101011 10100100 101011 100110100 101011 10110111 1111010 1101 11011000 001011 1101110 1001001 00100101 101011 10110111 1111000100 111011 10100101 111011 110101010 111011 10011 10110111 101001001 101011 10100100 101011 100110100 101011 10110111 10110111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; let, go, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word let is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines woes is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word woes at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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