This is an analysis of the poem Collected In My Kingdom that begins with:

No harm is going to come,
To anyone......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCCC BBCacB cCDECAcFcGcACAcFcGcA CCCCCBBCXcCDECAcFcGcA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,20,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001 0100 011010 011010 011010 11001 0100 011010 11 0010 0100 1 011010 110 101 011010 1010 010 011 010 011 010 0110 011010 1010 010 011 010 011 010 0110 011010 011010 011010 011010 011010 11001 0100 011010 1 011010 110 101 011010 1010 010 011 010 011 010 0110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • 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; if, they, connected are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines connected is repeated).

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  • summary of Collected In My Kingdom;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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