This is an analysis of the poem Miscast As Your Character that begins with:

Don't...
Think about you, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCD aBCDc BBc BBcceX ABCD AFAcaFb ABCcD addeee ABCaaXECECe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,3,6,4,7,5,6,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1011 1011 11111 11 1011 1011 11111 01101 010111011 11 11101001 010111011 11 001001 1001 1010101 0011 11 1011 1011 11111 11110101 0111100 11110101 10111 111110101 0111100 011101001 11 1011 1011 1111 11111 111 10111011 01 01111101 001 001101011 11 1011 1011 11 11 0 1111101 11 1111101 11 110001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

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  • summary of Miscast As Your Character;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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