This is an analysis of the poem Please Do Not Resist that begins with:
At nighttime I have found my mind,
Can not unwind....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa ABCC DDeDF DDDD DDeDFaDDDD ABCC DDeDF DDDD DDeDF DDDD DDDD D D D D DDDDDD DXD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,4,10,4,5,4,5,4,4,1,1,1,1,6,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111 1101 11111101 111101 1111101 01011011 11001101 010101 01110101 00 1 01110101 1111010 1111011100 1111 11111010 1001100 01110101 00 1 01110101 1111010 1 1111011100 1111 11111010 1001100 1111101 01011011 11001101 010101 01110101 00 1 01110101 1111010 1111011100 1111 11111010 1001100 01110101 00 1 01110101 1111010 1111011100 1111 11111010 1001100 11111010 1011101 11111010 1011101 1111010 11101 1111010 11101 01110101 11101 01110101 11101 01110101 11101 1111010 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same words benefit, resist at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Please Do Not Resist;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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