This is an analysis of the poem We Have To Come Up With Something Quick that begins with:

Get Godzilla on the phone!
'We're trying to negotiate....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XXXX XbcXXb aXbXXX XcaX XX XXdd XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,6,6,4,2,4,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 11000101 11011101101 111001011 11011100 110110101 011001001001 010011011011010 01110 10101101000111 11011111010101011 110 1110111111111 1101101111 100101 1101010101001 111001101001 1 1111011100 11101101 11101010101000 1 1001010100011 10010010 1100100100111110 1 1111001 101111000101 110010100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of We Have To Come Up With Something Quick;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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