This is an analysis of the poem Never Mind that begins with:

My Country, though rude yet, and wild, be thy nature,
This alone our proud love should beget and command:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111110110 001111101101 110111110110 11001001001 11101101100010 101011011001 110111010110 111101001111 1110110110111 011101010001 010010010011 11101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • 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 word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Never Mind;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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