This is an analysis of the poem You Can Not Have It Both Ways that begins with:
You can not have it both ways.
You can not market decadence....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbc ded aaa XeeXea XfcfcbXXfb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,3,6,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111011 11110100 111010101 010011101001 1111010001 1100111101 1101001100 111011101110 111111 01011001110 1111001010 00101101 1101011010 1110110 0111111 010100100111 101110 11101001 01 01111 001101 101010101 110101 111001 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is 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.
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- summary of You Can Not Have It Both Ways;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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