This is an analysis of the poem You'Ve Got To Pray that begins with:
You've got to pray.
Whatever you're doing, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCACDCA ABCACDCA dde Xebd ABCACDCA AXAaadca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,3,4,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 110110 10 111 101010 111 111110 110101 1101 110110 10 111 101010 111 111110 110101 1101010110101 101101 11011010 11010 11111 110111010 1011 1101 110110 10 111 101010 111 111110 110101 1101 111101 1101 11011101 11 1101 11010 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; you is repeated.
The author used the same word you've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word today at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of You'Ve Got To Pray;
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- history of its creation;
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