This is an analysis of the poem Let's Get To The Bottom Of This that begins with:

Let's get to the bottom of this.
Let's get to the bottom and do it quick....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC X C X DC X ABe X f X ec X XegXfc ABC X C X DC X gAB HiAB HeAB igig cXXABAABAAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,1,1,1,2,1,3,1,1,1,2,1,6,3,1,1,1,2,1,3,4,4,4,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001000 1100101101 11111 1 011111 1 10110111 0010101 1 11001000 1100101101 111111111 110 111 110 11010 01111101 101010110 11111110 1 111101 10101 10101101 011101 11001000 1100101101 11111 1 011111 1 10110111 0010101 1 111001011 11001000 1100101101 1110010 1 11001000 1100101101 1110010 11001 11001000 1100101101 111011 11 0010001110 010101 11101 0111111101 11001000 1100101101 11 11001000 1100101101 11 11001000 1100101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 62
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

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

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

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

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

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

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