This is an analysis of the poem You Don'T Believe that begins with:
You don't believe -- I won't attempt to make ye:
You are asleep -- I won't attempt to wake ye.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbb XcXcaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011101011 11011101011 1111101101 0101110111 1011011111 1101010101 1011001011 1101011101 111101011000 1001011101 11110010111 1111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; you, believe, try, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ye is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase try connects the lines.
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- summary of You Don'T Believe;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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