This is an analysis of the poem There Is No Need To Be Discouraged By This that begins with:

No matter what it is you may do,
You are going to meet......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdEEf abfgagX deDHfIXb jjXkbffe DHkfIc beb XdEEf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,8,8,6,3,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100111 111001 0110010 1101100010 10 01001010100 010 1011011 1111011 110101 10110111 11100011 1010101 0010101 111010 00101110101001 1101010 10110 0110101010100 01101110101 1111010 1000110101 111001101 100010 1110001010000 11001001001 0101101 110101110100 01011 010011010 1101010 10110 111101 01010100 01101110101 101010101100010 110100010 0110011100 1101110 110 101101010 10 01001010100 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; you, to are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of There Is No Need To Be Discouraged By This;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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