This is an analysis of the poem Dumb Things Done that begins with:

Can you save me?
From those dumb things done....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABABCDc ABCDC XaXXXa ABCDC ABABCDc ABCBC ABC CBC ABc ABX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,6,5,7,5,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 01111 1111 011111 00100 111101 10101110101 1111 011111 00100 111101 101011100101 110111111 111010111 110101 110101110100 0111011 111101 1111 011111 00100 111101 101011100101 1111 01111 1111 011111 00100 111101 101011101001 1111 01111 00100 011111 111011111101 1111 01111 111011111101 00100 011111 111011111101 11011 111111 11001011111 11011 111111 11111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, me, to are repeated.

    The author used the same words can, you've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same words cool, fool at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Dumb Things Done;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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