This is an analysis of the poem No! Keep It that begins with:

Why are you smiling so broadly?
It is clear you have been prevented, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc XdcX Xdee dX XEc XeadX edbXXX XdXEX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,2,3,5,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110110 001110010 00101101010 10 111011 11101010 11100100011 11 101111 10111100011 111 11101 1111 0101010010 11 1101010 1 1 101101110 0110001 1101010101001 1 10 1001111 110101 1111010110 1010101 1 101101 10111011001110 11 0110100010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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

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  • summary of No! Keep It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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