This is an analysis of the poem With A Thawing Done That Has No Guarantee that begins with:

You want to show and deliver to me a cold shoulder?
Go right ahead....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDE X ABCDE e ABefdX ABggfXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,5,1,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011010010110 1101 11010111 101110001001 11 10111101001 11011010010110 1101 11010111 101110001001 11 00101111101 11011010010110 1101 0010011111 10111011111 010110011 111101011 11011010010110 1101 010111 0001011 11101 00101010101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

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  • summary of With A Thawing Done That Has No Guarantee;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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