This is an analysis of the poem I Can Not Help It that begins with:
I can not help it.
I want you....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacdacbcdXDdDdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 111 1101110 1011111 1 11010 1011101 0101010101 110110101 111111101 1001111101 0111011 101 0111011 101 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 409
- Average number of words per stanza: 87
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; i, to, you, me, help are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of I Can Not Help It;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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