This is an analysis of the poem Don'T Try To Use Logic that begins with:

Let's set aside our differences,
Of opinion....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD efaghi ggjjXd ABCD hciejXbic eeeibidjbfdi edfkg eXjkbdX bigXje
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,6,4,9,12,5,7,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111000 0010 1010 100010 1101 11110111 0110100 011 11110100 1010100011 11011 111 100100110 110100010100 11100110110 10010101111 110111000 0010 1010 100010 10 0010110 11001111101011 11 01101010 0101111101 0111 1011001111 10010 11 111 10101 1010111101 0111 01101 1111101 101010100 1010101010 1110010111 11 11110000101 11011011 000101111 11010010 111111 10 01111011 011101 11100 010101111 1 110 11010101 1 111 11101 111 11010100 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; of, you, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Don'T Try To Use Logic;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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