This is an analysis of the poem Picking From A Grab Bag that begins with:
Pick one.
Go ahead and pick one....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Aaab Aaacb XBdebDBDBFBFBc efBFBDBDBcCBBBBXFBFBcCBcCBFBFBcCB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,14,33,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 101111 11011 1100011 11 11111 111101 1 100011 1010111 100011 00011010 0 10011 111 100011 111 100011 110 100011 110 100011 11101101 1 10 100011 110 100011 111 100011 111 100011 1 1101101 100011 100011 100011 100011 110 100011 110 100011 1 1101101 100011 1 1101101 100011 110 100011 110 100011 1 1101101 100011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; pick, one, picking, from, grab, bag are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word picking is repeated.
The author used the same words pick, who 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 one, bag are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word bag at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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