This is an analysis of the poem I Don'T Think So that begins with:

Am I here once again,
To suffer through another round of......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDE Acfgg ABcdhga AHihJXe AHihJjcIhJ ABCDEhhIhJ CJjJFJJXCJjJFJJ
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,7,7,10,10,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 010101010 1011101110 101 00100000101 111101 0101 110110101 1011 01 111101 010101010 111 111 001 001001011 01 111101 011 1 1 11 111011101 1011111 111101 011 1 1 11 10110000101 1111011111 11 1 11 111101 010101010 1011101110 101 00100000101 1111011 11100100 11 1 11 1110011 1111 1110101 1111 0101001 1111 11111 1110011 11111 11110101 11111 0101001 11111 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; and, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words on, no are repeated.

    The author used the same words am, could at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines again, so are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word so at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of I Don'T Think So;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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