This is an analysis of the poem Recognize That Funk that begins with:
Be not the one,
To open your door to an invited funk....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbccX AadXX dBEAF dBeEAF AFdBeAXAFdBeA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101 01011010101 1010010101 011011101 11011000101101 0101 0111101 101011100 10011001110 011110010111 101 11 10010101101 101101010101 0110011010101 101 11 1 10010101101 101101010101 0110011010101 0101 01011010101 101 11 1 1001010101 0101 01011010101 101 11 1 1001010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; to, be are repeated.
The author used the same words be, recognize 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 dumped is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words come, done at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Recognize That Funk;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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