This is an analysis of the poem Only Those Who Believe They Can that begins with:
Don't you be afraid,
To boost it up a notch....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcAcA AdcAcA DDBaDd EFGBcDDB EFGBcDDBaDd EdfXDfDfD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,8,11,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001 010101 1 11001 1 11001 11001 010111 1 11001 1 11001 10 10 10101 1 1001010 10111 10110111 01 0010 10101 1 10 10 10101 10110111 01 0010 10101 1 10 10 10101 1 1001010 10100111 10110111 01 01 10110111010 1 10110111010 1 10110111010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; boost, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words don't, boost are repeated.
The author used the same words don't, only 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 afraid, it are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word afraid at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Only Those Who Believe They Can;
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