This is an analysis of the poem Flaws To Have that begins with:

Just because you can't do it,
Don't mean it can't be done....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBABBABBCdEFdGXABBABBABBCdEFdG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110 110101 1100 1011110 110101 1100 1011110 110101 1100 1111011011 10 111110 111 10 101110101 1011110 110101 1100 1011110 110101 1100 1011110 110101 1100 1111011011 10 111110 111 10 101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; can't, it are repeated.

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

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

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

  • summary of Flaws To Have;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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