This is an analysis of the poem Up For Grabs that begins with:
My feelings in the past,
Had been up for grabs....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABbc adX eaXcd ABdXd XecXabXba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,5,5,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110001 10111 00101 10010 0100001011011 1101001101 101100 111101 10111 0010011 11101011001 10100000101010 110001 10111 101111 1011110 00101101110110 11010101 0010001001 0010111010110 000101 0111000010101 1111001001110 111110101010 111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.
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- summary of Up For Grabs;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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