This is an analysis of the poem They Fuss It To Be Cut Up that begins with:

Some just can't let it be!
With a letting go....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDEFGGgG FF cc FF C FF H FF ABCDEFGGgG FIFI C FIFI H FIFI FIFIXChafIfI
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,2,2,2,1,2,1,2,10,4,1,4,1,4,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100 00101 110100110 11 001 10001 1010000 01011 1 1001 1100011 1100011 10101000101 10101001010001000 1100011 1100011 100101 1100011 1100011 01011011 1100011 1100011 111100 00101 110100110 11 001 10001 1010000 01011 1 1001 1100011 1011 1100011 1011 100101 1100011 1011 1100011 1011 01011011 1100011 1011 1100011 1011 1100011 1011 1100011 1011 100101 10101011 1 100011 1011 1000101 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; it, to, be are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word they 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 up is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word cold at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of They Fuss It To Be Cut Up;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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