This is an analysis of the poem You Can'T Just Leave It If It's Good that begins with:

A sweet peach eaten down to the pit.
May keep that pit sitting, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABA CDDE DBC CDDE DACXCC ABADBC CDDE DACDDECDDEXCECECEC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,3,4,6,6,4,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101001 111110 01101 101 10011111 01 11001101 11101011111 1111010 11001 101 10011111 01 11001101 01010101101 100110111001 00 101010100 00 11001 011101001 111110 01101 11101011111 1111010 11001 101 10011111 01 11001101 01010101101 100110111001 101 10011111 01 11001101 101 10011111 01 11001101 11110000 1011101 11110000 1011101 11110000 1011101 11110000
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

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  • summary of You Can'T Just Leave It If It's Good;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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