This is an analysis of the poem Use It Or You'Ll Lose It that begins with:
Comeon!
Show what it is that you feel....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XAB XAB XXcdB badB XeBXeBXeBXeB XcXXX XAB XAB XeBXeBXeBXeB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,5,4,12,5,3,3,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10 1100111 101110 10 1100111 101110 10101 1011 101101 1 101110 01010101 10101101 1 101110 10 1 101110 10 1 101110 10 1 101110 10 1 101110 10101001101 1 101110111 0 1010 10 1100111 101110 10 1100111 101110 10 1 101110 10 1 101110 10 1 101110 10 1 101110
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
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 is repeated.
The author used the same word comeon at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word it at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Use It Or You'Ll Lose It;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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