This is an analysis of the poem I Don'T Know How You Do It that begins with:

Even one's peace of mind,
Earned to keep to leave as wished......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: abXccd XdXXaa X b XX dbb X ccXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,1,1,2,3,1,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101 1010111 10101001 11110010 011110010 001001110 101101 0110111101 11011010 011111111 10101 001000101000101 1111111 1111 100011011110 110111010111 011100 10100001001 1 10001010010 1 1111110 01110100010 11100010001100 11010100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, you are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of I Don'T Know How You Do It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar