This is an analysis of the poem Just Keep Quiet And Nobody Will Notice that begins with:

There is one thing that ought to be taught in all the colleges,
Which is that people ought to be taught not to go around always making apologies....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeebbccffeeffXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111001010100 1011010011010111100100 111010010010111110111111011111 011110101 11100110010001 101101111101010110111 11011101 11010101001010101101001 101011001010000101 11010110011111011101 011101110101010100011 101110010010101101010101101 10111010101010101001 1011010110101110110101101001010111010100 11110000101110100 11011100101101010100 0111101011001011000100 1111100101000110001001010001001100 11110001100 01101110010101011100100 1111011100111010100111110100110101010101 1011011111001101010011010101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1840
  • Average number of words per stanza: 336
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 83 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, that, they, and, apologize, for, i, of, them, you are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Just Keep Quiet And Nobody Will Notice;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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