This is an analysis of the poem Not Meant To Confuse that begins with:

What I shared with them,
Was not meant for you....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcadX bbcXAb bdcccX cX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100 11111 010111 1110 001010 1111001 001010111 01000100111000 1 111011 11100 1100101 1110011111 10110010 101001 010110 1101101010 110001101 1101010010 1011100101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Not Meant To Confuse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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