This is an analysis of the poem Trust. Not. that begins with:
Trust.
Not....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaBC aaDE FEGC bbcbbfddcc aaBC aaDEdcddd FEGCXe beab aaBC aaDEXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,10,4,9,6,4,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1 1011101 01110111 1 1 1001101 01111001 1101 101 01111101 01110101 1101 1101 11110101 01110111 01 001 111 101 101 11 1 1 1011101 01110111 1 1 1001101 01111001 1011101 11011111 1 1101 1101 1101 101 01111101 01110101 010001 1001 0111 001 10100 1111 1 1 1011101 01110111 1 1 1001101 01111001 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to, them, leave are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, or are repeated.
The author used the same words trust, don't at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase leave connects the lines.
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