This is an analysis of the poem Know This In Your Heart And Believe that begins with:

Don't dig it up,
And it wont be the thing......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXaca XdXE C cddXbbXCE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,1,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 101001 111 1001 10101001 10101110 00101 101111 10111010 101101 10011101 1010100101 0110110 10101101111 0100110110 0101110 11100 1111101101 1010100101 10011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; you, and are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Know This In Your Heart And Believe;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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