This is an analysis of the poem No Trouble Gets Trouble that begins with:

No trouble gets trouble,
And there's no reason to go 'oops'....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXB AXC BBXX DDDB AXB AXC DDDB BBEA AXB AXCXAXB AXCXBbEA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,4,3,3,4,4,3,7,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110 11110011 111110 110110 11110011 111001 101 11111 11010100 1001 01 101111 0111 1110010 110110 11110011 111110 110110 11110011 111001 01 101111 0111 1110010 101 11111 0010111 1011010 110110 11110011 111110 110110 11110011 111001 1 110110 11110011 111110 110110 11110011 111001 101 101111 0010111 1011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; trouble, no, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word booted at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of No Trouble Gets Trouble;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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