This is an analysis of the poem Let What's To Be...Be! that begins with:
Don't be rude.
Don't try to be......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcCDEe fABcCDE GBbHDc GBbHDIX ABcCDE fAGBbHDIjGBbHDIj GBbKXc GBbKXc GBbKXc GBbKXc GBb GBb GBbXG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,6,7,6,16,6,6,6,6,3,3,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 1100 10 110010 1110001 01001 01101 1 101 1100 10 110010 1110001 01001 01 11100 0 11100 1001 0110100 01 11100 0 11100 1001 0110 011001001 101 1100 10 110010 1110001 01001 1 101 01 11100 0 11100 1001 0110 0101 01 11100 0 11100 1001 0110 011101 01 11100 0 1001010 1001100 01000 101 11100 0 1001010 1001100 01000 101 11100 0 1001010 1001100 01000 101 11100 0 1001010 1001100 01000 101 11100 0 101 11100 0 101 11100 0 101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 83
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
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; be, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words don't, to are repeated.
The author used the same words be, just at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase be connects the lines.
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- summary of Let What's To Be...Be!;
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