This is an analysis of the poem Pitching And Reeling that begins with:

Here we go! We’re re-e-eling!
The glass-framed instructions...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabXccdaceaaaafXcgfXhXXafXXhijafXbgaahdbahXdbhhibeaj XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 53,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110 011010 1111 00110101001 0101 1100010 11111010 011001 100101 1110 111011001111 011 010110 01110 01010 1100 01110 1101100100 11111111 10 101010 1010101 10111110111 11100101010 0011 1011011010010 0010110011 100101101 1001110 111000101 1101101 110110101 01011110 10100100 0111011 101001011 1101010010 1111 001001110 11001101 101001 111 110111 1111 1111 1101011 11011101 10111010 1111101 010101010110101 01011011101 10110111001011 1111111101 1 010111001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 167
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; staggers, all, his, we, reeling are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, all, we are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Pitching And Reeling;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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