This is an analysis of the poem Don'T Give A Dose To The One You Love Most that begins with:

Don’t give a dose to the one you love most.
Give her some marmalade...give her some toast....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAbX cdcd aAee fefe aXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001111 10110000011 111001011001 101111001101 11101011101 1111011111 11101111001 111101011 11101001111 10110000011 1110010010011 101111011101 101111001101 1111010011 01001101011111 1100100111 11101001111 110110000011 1001011001 101111001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; give, her, you, she, if are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Don'T Give A Dose To The One You Love Most;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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