This is an analysis of the poem Next To Collect that begins with:

You could be the next to collect...
RESPECT....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaABAaca ADACAED ADACAED Aa AaAB AEAA AEAAXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,7,2,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001001 01 11001101 01011 11001001 01 011111 11001 11010010 11010101 1101001 011101 11010010 010011 111 11010010 11010101 1101001 011101 11010010 010011 111 1101001 101111 11001001 01 11001101 01011 110010010 10100100 01001 01001 110010010 10100100 01001 01001 110010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

    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; next, to, collect are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines collect is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words mind, collect at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Next To Collect;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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