This is an analysis of the poem Don'T Be Afraid To Make Mistakes that begins with:

Don't be afraid,
To make mistakes and move on....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABacABbb deae cfdX AfBABf AAggXAABABb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,6,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001 0101111 010001 11101 1001 0101111 0101010 01101 10110 011001 11101 1011001 111010 010001 111110 011101 1001 0101 111 1001 011 0101 1001 01011111 011111 011101 1001 01011111 111 1001 011 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word don't at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Don'T Be Afraid To Make Mistakes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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