This is an analysis of the poem Don'T Worry/Everything's Going To Be All Right that begins with:

Don't worry
If your boyfriend doesn't treat you right ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbaBXbAXBccAXBcadAbBXXebBXXdBXdAdBcbcXeXecXebbaabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 50,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 011110111 10 101100011 101 11001011011100 110 00100110100101 101100011 100010100100 111011011110010 110 0110101110101 101100011 101000101101 10100100 1100110101001 110 01110100100 101100011 010001011001101 110111010101100 1 110011100101 101100011 11110101111000 011110 110011111010101010 101100011 1000101010101101101 1010101010 110 0101 101100011 010010010110 101110101 101001010 110100010101010 11000100110111 0111001001 01000101110 110001010110 1001100 11010010100110 11001110010010 11001111011011 110001001100 11010010100 11 10101100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1953
  • Average number of words per stanza: 338
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, be, of, your, every, in are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Don'T Worry/Everything's Going To Be All Right;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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