This is an analysis of the poem It Isn'T Melting Is It? that begins with:
I don't try to hide who I am...
Because some say I must! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcbcdeXbXd fdXgaf aXcchgfgdg hgeXb bbcXdXX bcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,10,5,7,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101111 011111 001010 01011 111001001 01110001 1010011 111 10 1101 0101010 11101 111111 1111001 001011 0010011 100 1011 1110111 11101100 01011001 11 111010000011 01101001 1100111011001 11011 11011011 0100111011 1 1010110 1011010010101 0001010010 0001000 11001 1110101 101001010 110100100110 11001001 11110011101 11110010111 1010101 111001011010 1110010100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; i, that, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, i are repeated.
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- summary of It Isn'T Melting Is It?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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