This is an analysis of the poem Dna that begins with:
You don't have to take my word for anything.
Let's make this simple....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaXXbbcbabcdeaXbdXXee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101111101 11010 010011011011 110101110 0110 0101010 0110 1111 1101110100 010010 0100111101 1110100110 1101100 1011010110011 1101111 11011100 10010011101 10100011100 1111111 01001 11110 01101010 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 729
- Average number of words per stanza: 129
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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- summary of Dna;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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