This is an analysis of the poem On The Flipside that begins with:
On the flipside there's a better life to live,
If one decides they'll seek......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABX ABX Cad CXced ABX fEfEdEa dEdEXAAXAA ABX ABX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,5,3,7,10,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010101 010111 010 10101010101 010111 0101 101000101111 011101 11001 101000101111 0111010 001101 111101 001000 10101010101 010111 010 10100010101 111010101111 101010010001 111010101111 101010101101 111010101111 10111011001001 101000101111 111010101111 100010110101 111010101111 1010 1010101 10111010101 1010 1010101 10111010101 10101010101 010111 010 10101010101 010111 0101010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
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; flipside, one, to, refuse are repeated.
The author used the same words on, hoping at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words move, flipside at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of On The Flipside;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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