This is an analysis of the poem Keep Sweet that begins with:

Don't be foolish and get sour when things don't just come your way-
Don't you be a pampered baby and declare, 'Now I won't play!'...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaaA bbcccA cXddXX bbeeeA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011101111111 110010101011111 11101110 11111010 01101110 11 111011100110101 011011101010101 10101101 11101011 11100101 11 011011101011001 111110101111101 10111110 01101010 11111010 11 111010011011101 110001101110101 11101110 10101010 11111110 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you, your, keep are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word don't is repeated.

    The author used the same word don't at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it, you are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word sweet at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Keep Sweet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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