This is an analysis of the poem Not To Keep that begins with:
They sent him back to her. The letter came
Saying... And she could have him. And before...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXXXXdcXXeX XXbdaXecdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111000101 1011111101 1101111101 100101011001 1011110001 1111110101 1101010001 01110111 101010111101 11111111010 111110111 11011001001 1101101010 1000 1101010111 1001101101 1100111101 11100110001 1100110101 1111111001 11001101010 1001110101 111011001101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 491
- Average number of words per stanza: 97
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, she, had, all are repeated.
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- summary of Not To Keep;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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