This is an analysis of the poem Do Not Relent that begins with:
Anything may come with the changing winds,
To affect the strength of your faith....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBcddeeca ffdXdgc dgcgXheg DdXdDaBhdf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,8,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011100101 00101011 111001101100 11101 1111001 110011 011101 11110011 110110 01 0111011 011111 111010 1101101001 1010001011010 0110100100 1101111 0010110010 1011 111110 011 1101100101 011101 10100011 1101 110001 00100010110 101101 1101 010111100101 00101011 11101010110 11101 01
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Do Not Relent;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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