This is an analysis of the poem They Have Not And Will Not Know... that begins with:

You don't have to 'B'
Somewhere to 'B' yourself....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXX aXXXX bXXXXXXXcX XdXXXXXc cXXebXXXed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,10,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 110110 01011 0111 101111 1110111 0111111 11111 01011 11111 101011101 01111111 10111 01111 1111111 111 110101 01111111 01001010 001010111 111111 1000 0111 111111 01011 1011 1111011 11101 11110101 100011 111111 10100110 0100101 1001 11111 1110101 0101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, 'b', 'is', they are repeated.

    The author used the same words you, and 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 'is' is repeated).

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  • summary of They Have Not And Will Not Know...;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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