This is an analysis of the poem Don'T Apologize For What You'Ve Done that begins with:

Don't apologize for what you've done - I'm saying this
in secret. I say to my personal other: ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXacXXdcdXXXXXddXXeXXXXbbXecXffcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 35,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111110100 010110110010 11011001100 11010001100 011 0101 1010 011010 0101011 011001101 010110 101100 10101 10110 11 11101110 1111 101010 111 0100001 10 1101 11 1101 11110 1100110 1101111111 1101 010010110001 1011 1100101 0011 101111 101111 111011010101010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 931
  • Average number of words per stanza: 172
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ', to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words your, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Don'T Apologize For What You'Ve Done;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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