This is an analysis of the poem Don'T Tell Mother that begins with:
I thing I'm dying, Tom, old boy; I'm all broke up
to-night ; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X a ab ca c dde fg X dd cd ch ec ei jk j ba b c dd e li lh k kf li le Xi c dc d d dc di aX Xc bX b c dc d X ge g ddbX b deXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,2,2,1,3,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,4,1,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101110111 01 111111111110101 111111101111 11111 100111011101 111 11111100111101 111111101110001 11111101011 1111 110010111010111 11 10110111110111 11010101110111 11110101011101 0111010111010 1 11010101011 111 11111101111 111 01111111010 101 1001110111010 1 1111010110101 110111011111 1001 111101111111 11 101101111110111 11011100111111 1 11011011110 101 101101011111 11 110111011110101 1111001111010 1 1111010111110 1 1111110111110 1 1111011111110 0 111111101010111 10110111111011 1 1110111111111 1 110010101011 101 11010100111010 1 1111001111111 110 11111111111 101 1011011111110 1 1101010111001 1 11011110111011 1 111111010111 11 011101110100 01 11011111110110 11111001010111 11011101110101 11010011111111 1 1101111110011 1101011111101 11
- Amount of stanzas: 47
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 59
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, never, my, late, too, nearer, old, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, i are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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