This is an analysis of the poem Stop Being Angry that begins with:

I had to stop being angry.
And displaying bitterness, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBCDEDFBB ghaXg ABBCDEDFBB ijdXebffdjihgfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,5,10,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011010 1010100 010110010 1011 111101 111010 01111 11111010 1010100111 10111110010 1100110101 0010111001 1010101110110 000101001111 111101110101 11011010 1010100 010110010 1011 111101 111010 01111 11111010 1010100111 10111110010 1100101 1101010110 010101 0111011101 1110101011 011010011 0111110 10101101 011011010 010101110 11110101 0100011010 1110110101 1 001011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 337
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; i, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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  • summary of Stop Being Angry;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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