This is an analysis of the poem Let Loose. Let Go And Live that begins with:

Has it really been...
Fun? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaBaBcBd AaBaBef ffdcEBG AabBabBXBXEBG bEgXeG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,7,13,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100 1 10011 101 10011 11101 0100101 100 10100 1 10011 101 10011 10101 01011010101 11110110 10101010101 1 010101011101 11 11 11 10100 1 1101 10011 101 01001 10011 10101010 0100101 100 11 11 11 11 11 1111 1111 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; let is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word let is repeated.

    The author used the same words has, can at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Let Loose. Let Go And Live;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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