This is an analysis of the poem Protect Yourself! that begins with:
Seriously?
You want something to talk about? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdeFBEgBH ijihdikbecceejeidbfijjeefXdjLfXakbjcj LmmjhbilihXeFBEgBH jXifXdLfih
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,37,18,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1000 11100101 01010 110 101111101 00111 1001011111 010 1 1110010100 110101010 1000010 01101010100110 01101010 0110001101001 0111010 01110111 1011101 0110 10101100 1010 11110101010100 100101010101 1010 111101001 1 1001100010 110 11111 11011101010 00010101010 11101101010 0100101001010 00101010010 1010011001 111100010110011 01010111 010 10011010 0110 110111011 110010010 1111001011100 11010110110 11101001 111111101011 010101111110 1001 0110 0101001 1101010 100010 1 0110101000101 01010101010 110101101 001010010100 1010100010100 1 1010111101 00111 1001011111 010 1 1110010100 110101010 01000100 1 10111010 01010110111 0101101010100010 1010 0110 011 110111101 0011010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 588
- Average number of words per stanza: 95
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; you is repeated.
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- summary of Protect Yourself!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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