This is an analysis of the poem Before I Know It that begins with:
I just can not do it.
Nor can I sit back, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC daea aXcda ABCXeXcXac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,5,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110 11111 01011 111010 0100100001 1011111011 10101000010101 11010010 110101010101 11111101100 110011010 00101100101 111110 11111 01011 101010 010 11111 010010010 101110 101011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Before I Know It;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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