This is an analysis of the poem Just Be Glad that begins with:
Feelin' kind of all run down ?
Mighty bad:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcccB bbbbdddB ebeXfffB cbcbXXXB gbgBbbbB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111 101 11101101 1101 11110001 1110111 1110111 101 1010111 101 1011101 001 1110101 10111111 1110111 101 1110111 101 1011111 100 1110101 1001101 1010111 101 1010111 111 1100101 011 1110111 1011111 1000110 101 1011111 011 0010101 101 1111111 1110111 1101101 101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.
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 though is repeated.
The author used the same word gone at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word glad at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Just Be Glad;
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