This is an analysis of the poem And There Will Be No Overnight that begins with:

Blatant disrespect accepted to tolerate,
Leads to an escalation of other outrageous behavior......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcX ddeXbceXe XaXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101010100101 1011010010010010 110010010001 100001 11100110000101 101110010101 1011101100010010 00100110101010100 0001101001010 1100101010100101 0101110001000111 111 10111101011001 110111010111111 1101001011111101 1 11001101001011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of, and are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of And There Will Be No Overnight;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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