This is an analysis of the poem I Can't Take It Anymore that begins with:

The one disease people fear most,
And has begun to spread as if an epidemic....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXcd XefefX cbXedbXaac XeX Xe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,10,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011011 1110011011010 01 1010101 1110110 11110101 110001 1000001010 0101101110 01001011 011111001 10001 11101100 11101 1110101 111011 110001110 1110001110101 111110101 01001001 010101001 01001 111101111 1 10100 1110000 1 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases truth, police connect the lines.

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  • summary of I Can't Take It Anymore;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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