This is an analysis of the poem Maneuver To Remove It that begins with:

If you can't change it...
Why waste time on your mind to use....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD ABAB CDCDEECDCD ABCDCD ABEEaaa ABAB CDffGaaG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,10,6,7,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110 11111101 101110 1111000101 10111 11101 110111 111001 01110 11111101 101110 1111000101 10111 11101 110111 111001 10101111001 10111011111 10111 11101 110111 111001 01110 11111101 10111 11101 110111 111001 101110 1111000101 10101111001 10111011111 1011011101 110101010111 0101100111001 01110 11111101 101110 1111000101 10111 11101 11011101 01011101 111110111 0100010 10111010 111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; it, you, think, about, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word think is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word pursue at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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