This is an analysis of the poem Keep A-Pluggin' Away that begins with:

I'VE a humble little motto
That is homely, though it's true, —...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abCdbCeeeCfgCXgCdddChiChiCcccCafCifCjjXC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 1010101 101001 00111110 1111101 101001 1110101 1010101 0010101 101001 0011101 1011101 101001 10101010 10111001 101001 0010001 1100101 0110101 101001 10101010 1010101 101001 10111010 1010101 101001 1011101 1010101 1110001 101001 110101010 10010101 101001 01111110 1111111 101001 1010101 1010101 111100 101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 211
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • 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 words when, let are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines away is repeated).

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  • summary of Keep A-Pluggin' Away;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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