This is an analysis of the poem To Get Up And Get Things Done that begins with:

If I don't find a purpose,
To get up and get things done......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCC CDBeCC ff XXgh dbh IJIEIE IJIEIE ABCC CDBCC IJIEIE IEh gXf fXff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,2,4,3,6,6,4,5,6,3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111010 0111111 110101 110101 01 110 1110101 100010111 110101 110101 10111010 0111101 111111111 0111011011 110111 001111101 1111010 0010011 110111 110 10101 110 11111 110 1100110101 110 10101 110 11111 110 1100110101 0111010 0111111 110101 110101 01 110 1110101 110101 110101 110 10101 110 11111 110 1100110101 110 1100110101 1111 11101011101 1101 1010 11101110 101011111 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; to is repeated.

    The author used the same words if, and, some 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 away, habit are repeated).

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

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  • summary of To Get Up And Get Things Done;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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