This is an analysis of the poem Never Burn A Bridge That Has Been Easily Given that begins with:

You've lost your job and home,
The respect of your spouse......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacd XaXXec cdXddbcXe fXXfdfe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,9,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 001011 11111 11001010 11110001 1111011101 111010111 11101101100 111111011111 11111010 110011100100 1111001010 10101 11111110 1010111010010 010011011 101011101 11101 1001001001001 10010101 10101101 1101101 1110 01110 110111111 01011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, and, i, you are repeated.

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  • summary of Never Burn A Bridge That Has Been Easily Given;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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