This is an analysis of the poem Rock Away that begins with:
Stay on it.
Pray on it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AABAcDDeAd X DDeFFgd hahXhhhcDDeAGiD da AABAAABAXDDeFFaGiD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,1,7,15,2,18,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110 110 111 1110 1 111101 1101010101 1 1011101000 0011001 1 111111101 1101010101 1 111 101 1101000001 111001 10111010 11101 1010 1010010 10 10 11111110 1 111101 1101010101 1 1011101000 001 1 001 10111 0111101 110 110 111 1110 110 110 111 1110 111111101 1101010101 1 111 101 1101000 001 1 001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; it, p, tick are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word stay at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Rock Away;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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