This is an analysis of the poem You Don'T Have To Be Impossible that begins with:

You don't have to be...
Impossible....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbCDE AAFFEc cgX AbaCDE AAFFEc gEhII AbCDEXfEhII
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,3,6,6,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100 0100 1101 01011 1110 11100 0101 11 11 11110 10 110101 111001 010 11100 0100 11 1101 01011 1110 11100 0101 11 11 11110 10 1101 0101 11 01 011 11100 0100 1101 01011 1110 1101 1101 0101 11 01 011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • 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 Don'T Have To Be Impossible;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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