This is an analysis of the poem Do Not, Berate...Yourself! that begins with:
Be not dismayed about your setbacks.
Or your lack of control when they seem to latch....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbAc DX AcebF ADFf dXeAce XEedeaXeX XeX XDE AD XDE aEefe DX ADF XADF f XXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,5,4,6,9,3,3,2,3,5,2,3,4,1,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101111 11100111101 01101110 101010 101 1110000 010101111 111001 111111 0111001 11 110 1010 11 101 01011001 11111111 011111101 01101110 111010 01111111 010 10010011 010 1101 111110001 111010 011 111101 101011 11010 101010 11110 1110000 00101010 00101 110 1010 1110000 00101010 00101 0100 10010011 110010 11 011 101 1110000 110 1010 0111 1110000 110 1010 0111 101 1110000 100 1110000 100 1110000
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 61
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (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; you, no are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word hoo at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Do Not, Berate...Yourself!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Dangerous Journey
- Analysis of First Born
- Analysis of If You Allow Yourself To Set High Standards
