This is an analysis of the poem On My 'Do-Not-Ever-Do Again' List that begins with:

There are two things,
I will never consciously do......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXX ccd cXXddbdXcXXdXadccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 10101001 011 01 101001 11010100010 101111101101 10101 1011101 11 10010011 11011010101 11 011 1 0101100100 11010 000100010 010 1101000 1110010010 01 01 0101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

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  • summary of On My 'Do-Not-Ever-Do Again' List;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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