This is an analysis of the poem Your Tools that begins with:
You've been born with certain tools,
You have not yet to use....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCCD ABEd fFXX ABEDD fFCC ABCCD ABEDD fFCCXA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,5,4,5,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 111101 111101 011111 010 11 111101 111101 01100010 01 11 11 0110 11 111101 111101 01100 010 01 11 11001 101001 1010101 111101 111101 011111 010 11 111101 111101 01100 010 01 11 11001 101001 11
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 86
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (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.
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.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word them at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Your Tools;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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