This is an analysis of the poem Can Not Stop that begins with:
I can not...
And will not stop, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBC BXDC EEBAC ABBC BXDC EEBAC BAC EEBAC bXbCXABBC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,4,4,5,3,5,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 1011 11 10101 1111 01011 0011 0101 0101010 00101010 11111 110101 1010101 111 1011 11 10101 1111 01011 0011 0101 0101010 00101010 11111 110101 1010101 11111 110101 1010101 0101010 00101010 11111 110101 1010101 1011 01011 111 10101 111 1011 11 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; to 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.
The poet repeated the same word love at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Can Not Stop;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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