This is an analysis of the poem No Need Debating On It that begins with:

Don't say nothing unless it's something,
That's gonna add what has been had......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCbABd ebfXg EhEfEdg ABC hbXEg Adbbg Ad d dXEb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,7,3,5,5,2,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001010 11011101 0011001001 1001 111001010 11011101 0011001001 11010101011 1 110111011111 010101 01000111010 1101010 1011011 1101010 1011001 1101010 101011101 10100110 111001010 11011101 0011001001 101011101 1 101110010101 1101010 1010101010 111110 010100111 0010 110101101 01110 111110 010100111 1 1 1101010 10111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • 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; give is repeated.

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

    The author used the same words don't, give at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The poet repeated the same words evils, give at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase give connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of No Need Debating On It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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