This is an analysis of the poem Doubt Shall Not Make An End Of You that begins with:

Doubt shall not make an end of you
nor closing eyes lose your shape...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbacbbcdcXebbbbXcbedXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 1101111 1010011 11011011 01101110101010 1111010111 10111100010 1111100010101 11011010110 111110 110010101 111010 1110100101010 1100101010100 0101010 0101110010 100101011 110100011 01111100101 0100110 100101111001100 1101011 11010110001 1001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 911
  • Average number of words per stanza: 163
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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; our is repeated.

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  • summary of Doubt Shall Not Make An End Of You;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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