This is an analysis of the poem Don'T Be Down that begins with:
Don't be down.
Keep both feet on the ground....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXbAbcc AbAcAdXd AaAXAXb cAEAFcAEAFcaEAFca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,7,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 111101 1111111 0111001 101 1111101 111101 1110111 101 010100110 101 11000011 101 1111101 0101010 1011001 101 10111010 101 1110100 101 10111010 1110111 1 01 1111111 101 111111 1 01 1111111 101 111111 1 1010011 1111111 101 111111 1 00101011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Don'T Be Down;
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