This is an analysis of the poem Don't Disappear that begins with:

Don't disappear.... By disappearing from me,
you will disappear from yourself, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbc cbXX Xdae fXdg eggf XXXX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011101001 10101010 010111010 11000100100 110101010110 0010001011010 11111 1101010011 1101010111 01111011111 110011101 101011001 110111011 11110011110 11100100001001 11110100010 1101111010110 11111100010001 0110100001 111010100110 11011111 1110100101 11111100 0100111101 1 010110001001101111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; we, of, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words death, we are 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.

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  • summary of Don't Disappear;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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