This is an analysis of the poem Say Nothing Else that begins with:
Confront someone,
In the telling of a lie done....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccDeb bcXbeffb DbXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111 00100011 1111 101 00110010000 1101 11100101 11110100100101 0111100101 1110101110 1010010 10111101 1010101111 001001101 11101 010100010111 1101 0101 101010101 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.
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- summary of Say Nothing Else;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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