This is an analysis of the poem I Refuse To Say Anything About It that begins with:

I am 'not' going to say anything,
About 'anyone' and their insecurities....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd Xadcbb bXbc XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,4,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111001101 011001110100 00100110010 11110110010 111101010100 111010 11101001 10101001010 0010010 0011100 11010010 10101101010 0110010100 1110 1 1111101011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of I Refuse To Say Anything About It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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