This is an analysis of the poem I'M Not Upset! Not Yet! that begins with:

Tell me where you go,
When you've got to leave me....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC ABC DDeF DDeG AXDDeff DDdABC ABC DDeF DDeGXDDdDDDdDDDdD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,4,7,6,3,4,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 111011 011101100 11111 111011 011101100 0101 11 0 1111011111 0101 11 0 1111110111 11111 11101 0101 11 0 111101101111 1111111110101 0101 11 1 11111 111011 011101100 11111 111011 011101100 0101 11 0 1111011111 0101 11 0 1111110111 0101 11 1 10101010101001 0101 11 1 10101010101001 0101 11 1 10101010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The author used the same words tell, i'm at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of I'M Not Upset! Not Yet!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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