This is an analysis of the poem My Cheeks Do Not Turn that begins with:

Returning back what I get,
Seems to offend the ones......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXdecc FCAgb XXXXefeX dcabecdhaba FCAcXheaeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,5,8,11,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101111 100101 1010101001 011101010 001000110101 111101 00110111 100100111 1010010110 0011010101001110 111 1011 10 101011001 11100 1111001001 110100010 1010100011 110 1100101101001 010010010011 010010010111 11100101011 01101 110011100 101010 110101 001010000011 1101001111 1 1110101100 010011110010011 00101001101 100101001001 111 1011 10 11111 111111001 111011101101 1111110111001 1001110110 1111111010 10001111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of My Cheeks Do Not Turn;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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