This is an analysis of the poem Leave Me Alone that begins with:

The meaning of leave me alone...
Does not really mean to leave me alone, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabacXbXXXXbXdcdebbXcaadaea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001101 1110101101 1000101100 101101 111011110111 01010011100 01 111010010100100 10110001 001010100010 11 00100111001 11100011110101 10101110 1 111 1 01110010110111 111001011011 110 11011011 110101111011010 11101 11101010 11011110 1 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 833
  • Average number of words per stanza: 158
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • 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 exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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; alone, leave, me, to are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines alone is repeated).

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  • summary of Leave Me Alone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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