This is an analysis of the poem I Don'T Know If I Like It that begins with:

Why,
Are you in my mind......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBcDcDD baefebg fhhCcc aBcDcDD hdhXCc aagXaBcDcDDba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,6,7,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11011 1 111001 1 11101 1110110 1 1 11101 0 010010101 11011 10 1101001010111 10111 110111 111 11 101 1 11011 1 111001 1 11101 1110110 10011 11110110 10101 1111011 111 11101 0100111 1111000011 10 1 11011 1 111001 1 11101 1110110 1100010 01111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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, haunting are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.

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

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