This is an analysis of the poem I Won’t Come that begins with:

I won’t come
I won’t go...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX baXc XXdd caXa Xcda bXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 111 111 111 11100 01 1111 00 11 1110 11 1110 111 1111 111 1110 11 111 1101 111 110 110 1101010 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 51
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 12 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, won, t, m are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

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  • summary of I Won’t Come;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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