This is an analysis of the poem Not To Be that begins with:
THE rose said 'Let but this long rain be past,
And I shall feel my sweetness in the sun... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabb XbXXcc dedeXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111101101 1111110001 1101000111 110111 1111011001 1111 0111110001 1101111101 1101100101 1101010 11011010101 0111 11001010101 11110010101 11010111001 111111 11011111010 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, but are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Not To Be;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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