This is an analysis of the poem To Droan On On To Droan that begins with:

I you can not...
Leave me alone, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCdBAEX CXCb CBCBFBb CBCBFBgB ABCdBAEXXCBCBFBgB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,7,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 1101 011 1 1111 11101 0111 011101 0111 111011 0111 1101010101 0111 11001 0111 11001 1101010 1101 011111 0111 11001 0111 11001 1101010 1101 0 11111 1111 1101 011 1 1111 11101 0111 011101 0111 11001 0111 11001 1101010 1101 0 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

    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; on is repeated.

    The author used the same word this at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word sewn at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of To Droan On On To Droan;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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