This is an analysis of the poem Do Not Become Suspicious Of This that begins with:

Where will you go,
To soothe your point of view? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABCD EDF AABCD EDF FCFC AABCDXFCFC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,5,3,4,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 011101 01110111 001011 10010100 10011001 10110010111 00100100110 1011 011101 01110111 001011 10010100 10011001 10110010111 00100100110 110101000 01010011011010 11110100 1101011101 1011 011101 01110111 001011 10010100 110101000 01010011011010 11110100 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, with are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Do Not Become Suspicious Of This;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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