This is an analysis of the poem All In that begins with:

Not on your life, Bob; not on your life! The Muse salutes you!
And if there still be virtue left in catgut, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcXXdXefbgacgXfeXXXXbhdXXXXXaaggh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111101011 10110101010 01111101110 0101010101101 011 0100101 11 1111 11000100100010 10 0101111011011 01 1001011110 1010111100100100 11100111001 1111010 1110101011010 100110001111 1 011011011100 10111110010 010101 1111 1111111001011 111110111 1111110010010 01011110 111101100101 11 11111 1111110 10101010 111110110 1101100010 11101010 0010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1337
  • Average number of words per stanza: 246
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; your is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of All In;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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