This is an analysis of the poem 'Don'T Worry About A Thing, I'Ll Handle That! ' that begins with:

I've been around a few Summers.
And I know where the Buffalo roam....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC dBBCE CFGXh iha hghhhjdkie hkdd DABCdBBCE dlmn CFGXh jecoe aXnla hhmDjd XfGh ChXCoh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,5,3,10,4,9,4,5,5,5,6,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010110 111101011 101101001 110100111 1110 1111 11011 1000100001 1111101 1111 1100101 11011 1011111101 111111 0111101001 10101 010100110101 110101110 0001001 10001000100 1001 1 111001 011001 1010100100 100100 1111001111 111011011 0010001 010100010 111 10010110 111101011 101101001 10100111 1110 1111 11011 1000100001 1 10111011 1000110110 1010 1111101 1111 1100101 11011 1011101101 01111 1100111101 01 0100101100101 11101110100 1111010101 11001000101011 0010100 1100101 1101110 1 01100010101 111010 111 01111 01011101 1 1111 1100101 1101 11 1010001000 11 101011110 0110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; and, my, to, i are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of 'Don'T Worry About A Thing, I'Ll Handle That! ';
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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