This is an analysis of the poem You Must Be Nuts? You'Ve Got To Be! that begins with:

You 'must' be nuts?
You've got to be! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aB bXcdecX AB eXeabXdXAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,7,2,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 1100 11101 1111 11010 0110110 101111110 10101 011001011100 1101 1100 110111001111 11110100011 1110 1111011 00100011 01100101 01111 1101 1100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of You Must Be Nuts? You'Ve Got To Be!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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