This is an analysis of the poem Pick It Up Or Be Gone that begins with:
Pick it up or be gone.
What's given....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAABACCDEfAAABACCDEfecfeebX AAABACCDEfAXAXAfA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101 110 101101 11 101101 01 101 101 01001 1 101101 110 101101 11 101101 01 101 101 01001 1 110101 111 11 111010100 00101 1 10111100 101101 110 101101 11 101101 01 101 101 01001 1 101101 1 101101 1 101101 1 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 365
- Average number of words per stanza: 78
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; or is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.
The author used the same word pick at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Pick It Up Or Be Gone;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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