This is an analysis of the poem Even When You Feel You Are At Your Worse that begins with:

Don't give it a thought.
Or contemplate, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXacdcd XaaXcadaea eedbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,10,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001 1101 10111 11 11010 010101 1100 101 101 1111010 110101 1110001 11010111010 1011111111 11110111 11001010 010101100100001 11010 1100010 111 011 01 101 011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

    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; you is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Even When You Feel You Are At Your Worse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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