This is an analysis of the poem You Needn'T Switch Your Cookies that begins with:

You needn't switch your cookies.
To offer them to someone else......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBcdc XaXXe ffadX XBXea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110 01000111 0010010001101 11010 111101 1101010100100 11010100110 11111101001 1111001010 11011010110 110010011010 1010010 111010110110 101010010011 01110110111 110111011 01000111 01011111 0010110101 111001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; to, your, you are repeated.

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

  • summary of You Needn'T Switch Your Cookies;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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