This is an analysis of the poem Performance And Stamina that begins with:
Cool with life and free of superstitions,
Four leaf clovers, rabbit feet... ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC abXda ABCa XXbeX eX fghbhfbfddX ABC bXhdXXXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,4,5,2,11,3,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101010 1110101 111010 111110010011 1111101101 010110110 0111010 11101 1011101010 1110101 111010 1001 101110010101 1111010101 11111011010111 010101011 010101 100101011 0101011 10110 111011 100101011 1111110 010100101 10001111 10100010111 11001000110 10101111 11111110 010110101100101 1011101010 1110101 111010 1011000011 1110010010 10101 10110110011 101101 01001 1010110101100 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Performance And Stamina;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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