This is an analysis of the poem Few Can'T Take It Down A Notch that begins with:

Some have decided to...
Sacrifice....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbaXbX ACADD EDEFDBC eDEFDBC ACADDXEDDBC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,7,7,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100 101 11010100 111 10101 0101 110100 101 11010100 101 0010001001011 11110101 101 111110101 10101 10101001100101 10100011 11010010001 01110101 101 111110101 10101 10101001100101 10100011 11010010001 110100 101 11010100 101 0010001001011 11110101 101 10101001100101 10100011 11010010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • 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:

    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 is repeated.

    The author used the same word some at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word keep at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Few Can'T Take It Down A Notch;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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