This is an analysis of the poem Pack That Sadbag Get Up that begins with:
How many times have you said,
You're tired of feeling defeat? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCBADEF gXEggebddhdEa AX CIJbCHH ABCBADEFd CIJbCHH HHXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,13,2,7,9,7,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101111 11001001 11010 110111 1101101 11111 110111011 1101011101011 011001 01110 111011 0101001 010111 101011 11111 11101 10111 11011 0101101001 111011 11101001001 1101111 1011101 11010110101 11010011010 101001101 1 11010110101 001101011 101010111 1101111 11001001 11010 110111 1101101 11111 110111011 1101011101011 101 11010110101 11010011010 101001101 1 11010110101 001101011 101010111 001101011 101010111 0101011 110111001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to, one are repeated.
The author used the same word how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Pack That Sadbag Get Up;
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