This is an analysis of the poem Do Not Fret, Do Not Cry, Do Not Tax... that begins with:
Do not fret, do not cry, do not tax
Your last strength, and your heart do not torture....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb dbeX XecX aaaX aefXXdfdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111111 1111111110 101101101 1010011010 11101001 1010110010 011101001 11101101100 011001100 0011011010 011011001 1010011110 111011001 0010011010 11101101 1010110100 1001001001 001001010 101111011 1010010010 111111111 111010100010 101001111 1110010111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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; not, of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word like is repeated.
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