This is an analysis of the poem I Can Do Without that begins with:
What can you give me?
My grandparents? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcbcdcecfeaXdg Xc Aaegh fXhX idXcaXed fbcjecji
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,2,5,4,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 1110 110 110 01111 11 010 111010 11010 111111111 111001111 111101 111 11110 011110100 11110110100 1101011111 11111 11111101 1 11111 10100100111 11111010 11100010 11001 1010011 111100101101 110101 1111010 11101 1110101001 111101110011 11110110 111001111 10011111101010 0101001 1111011 101 111111 1010001 111 11101101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.
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; i, have, you, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, i are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of I Can Do Without;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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