This is an analysis of the poem I Do Not Speak that begins with:
I do not ask for mercy for understanding for peace
And in these heavy days I do not ask for release...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc Xdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11111101101011 1011011111101 1111110011 1111010111 0111010011 01001011101 111111011111 1111011111 1100011111 111111010 10010101111 01011111011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, not, for, ask, to, in, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, to 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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- summary of I Do Not Speak;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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