This is an analysis of the poem Not Done Just To Burn A Bridge that begins with:

I use to be the one,
To take the initiative to forgive......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbaccDCEC AfeeeDCEC ffeaXgXgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001 0100100001 01001101 11101 1101101001 1110001000 01000111 101010 0111101 110001 0101010 101101111 00100010 11110101 1110001000 01000111 101010 0111101 1010100010 001101 11111010 0010011010 101110010000 10111 01110101 1111 101001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Not Done Just To Burn A Bridge;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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