This is an analysis of the poem Your Patience Is Needed To Feed It that begins with:

Don't do it to stop...
No! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbAb cDED EC DED EFfg XbcDED ECc DED EFc AbAbAbAb EC AbAb EFdc cC AbAbgXECg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,2,3,4,6,3,3,3,8,2,4,4,2,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001 1 11001 1 1111 100101 101 111 010010 110010010 100101 101 111 010010 1100001 11111001 101011100 11011 011111 1111 100101 101 111 010010 110010010 010010010 100101 101 111 010010 1100001 01101011 11001 1 11001 1 11001 1 11001 1 010010 110010010 11001 1 11001 1 010010 1100001 1 1011001 010010010 110010010 11001 1 11001 1 1111001 010010 110010010 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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; it, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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

  • summary of Your Patience Is Needed To Feed It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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