This is an analysis of the poem Different that begins with:

I DON'T believe in worry, and it's foolish to despair,
And dreading what may happen never lightens any care; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eebbdddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101010001 11011101010101 1010101001101001 1010101001110101 1010101001111101 111000111110111 111111101111101 1111111010101001 101111101110101 101011100110101 11010101111101 110100100010011 111010100110011 111010101011101 111010101111101 0010111010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 498
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, when, call, your, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, you are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word then at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase then connects the lines.

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  • summary of Different;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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