This is an analysis of the poem Don'T Count On That At All that begins with:

When I give...
Don't count on it being everlasting....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcdddbefcfdgABhiheig
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 1110101010 0110010001101 11110100 11111001 11001001 01111010 1110011 111011011 11101111111010 01 11111001011 1111 111 1110101010 01 111111 1101011001 111000100100 111011111000 011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 663
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; to, you, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Don'T Count On That At All;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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