This is an analysis of the poem Let's Not... that begins with:

Let’s not...
Everything’s ghostly-...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcdAaedAfcgXXXAbXeXAegeXXAgXgddfAbhhXhaX Xe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 41,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 10110 011010 0110001011001 11 10110101 1010011001110 010111 11 11101 110100010 01010011 1001011 1111 010100010001 11 11100101010 01011100010 111101110 1001001010 11 100101011011 10111010001 000101 0101010011 110110000 11 1111 1101101001 11 1001001 01010 1011111001 11 100111001010 01 0100011101 111 1011 11010 11101 1 0101101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 782
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; your is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Let's Not...;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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