This is an analysis of the poem Can't Stop that begins with:

Can't stop,
Anything that has monopolized....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbAbACda AEAEAFBF AXAdAgg AEAEAFBF AbAXACa AHAHfAHGCXAHAHfAHGC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,7,8,7,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 101110101 11 101110101 11 00110101 00101101 0101 11 00110101 11 1010100101 11 00110101 010110 1101 11 01010101 11 101010011 11 100101001 1100011101 11 00110101 11 1010100101 11 00110101 010110 1101 11 10111101 11 10010001 11 00110101 100010000101 11 0101010 1111 0101010 1 11 0101010 11111 11 11 0101010 1111 0101010 1 11 0101010 11111 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (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; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word can't at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Can't Stop;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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