This is an analysis of the poem Wake Up Call that begins with:

Wake up call?
What wake up call, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABC AdX efgfdcc gX AABC hciia gahdbg ejjhif
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,7,2,4,5,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 1111 0100111001 010101001 1111 0100101011 0100100101 0101011001010 011 0100101010011 111 00101001101010 010101 000100101 00101110 001011111 111 1111 0100111001 010101001 101101 101010101011 10111 10010001 11 00101101001 1101101010 1010010010 0101000101010 11111 11010010 110 010111 110111 1101011 1111101001 001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; to is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines call is repeated).

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  • summary of Wake Up Call;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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