This is an analysis of the poem Put Them On A Poster To Hoist Up On A Rope that begins with:

Get up!
Like you've been through it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABABAC ABABAC DE ABABAC DEFGD AHH aBABAC aBABAC DEFGD GDGD DEAHHXAAAHH
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,2,6,5,3,6,6,5,4,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 11010 11 01010 11 1111001 11 11010 11 01010 11 1111001 1011 11101 11 11010 11 01010 11 1111001 1011 11101 01101101101 101011110101 111011110 101010011101 1010111 1111 11010101 11010 11 01010 11 1111001 1111101 11010 11 01010 11 1111001 1011 11101 01101101101 101011110101 111011110 101011110101 111011110 101011110101 111011110 1011 11101 101010011101 1010111 1111 101010011101 101010011101 101010011101 1010111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; git, on, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word put is repeated.

    The author used the same word get 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 rope is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words away, makeovers, go at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Put Them On A Poster To Hoist Up On A Rope;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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