This is an analysis of the poem Pick Up Your Blessings that begins with:

Those who don't get it wont.
Pick up 'your' blessings....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABABCdBX ABABCdBb bccde ABABcXde ABABad AaAffe AXAXAfb AXAXAfBfBeBeBeBeBBE fBXBE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,5,8,6,6,7,19,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 11110 11111 11110 11010101 01111011 1100111 10111000 111101 11110 11111 11110 11010101 0111111 1100111 1011100101 1100111001 1000111101 011101100 101 101 111101 11110 11111 11110 101110101 01 11 10001 111101 11110 11111 11110 101011101 1110011110 111101 11 111101 11101100101 111101 11 111101 1010 111101 1010 111101 1 1101110 111101 1010 111101 1010 111101 1 1110 1 1110 0111101101 11110 010011011101 110 10011011101 110 1001101111 11110 11110 100111111 10011 110 100101 110 100111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words pick, keep are repeated.

    The author used the same word those 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 don't, blessings are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word leave at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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