This is an analysis of the poem When You Push that begins with:
When you push...
Don't turn your back upon a cliff....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcA Acdcc AXXXbdaAA cXee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,9,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 11110101 1101010100 111 111 111010 10011010 111001 1010110 111 11101 01001101011 111011 011 01010 1101001 11 11 100 1010101110 11101 01001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, and are repeated.
The author used the same word when 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 push is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of When You Push;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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