This is an analysis of the poem You Need Not Say Anything Else that begins with:

It is neither recommended, advisable or suggested,
To take someone's willingness to give for granted....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbacXcc abXbXbXbb X cd X d X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,1,2,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010101001001010 011110001110 100111000 010011100101 01001001010 11001011010001 11100110001 1111110010001 11011001 1001001 1111011010100 1110111000 01001001001011 111000101 0010011101001 1111101101001 101010110101 1010101110101 101111100111 1110111101 011101100001010 11100101 11010 1 11111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of You Need Not Say Anything Else;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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