This is an analysis of the poem You Know I Don'T Drive that begins with:

From all that I have ever written.
And throughout the years that I have done it......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcad dXaXX dXX dbXb cXX cceXe XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,3,4,3,5,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111010 1010011110 111001 10101010 11010011 1 10010110 1100101011001010 10100101100100 11001000100 1111001 0101000011100 11000100101 1 111111001 1001100 11101101001 1110111010101 1100101001010 001001010 11 1110101 00101011 1101101101 101010111 1111 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

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

    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; have is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of You Know I Don'T Drive;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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