This is an analysis of You Don'T Believe by William Blake.

You don't believe -- I won't attempt to make ye:
You are asleep -- I won't attempt to wake ye.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbb XcXcaX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 11011101011 11011101011 1111101101 0101110111 1011011111 1101010101 1011001011 1101011101 111101011000 1001011101 11110010111 1111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

you, believe, try, and

Anaphora

you

Epiphora

ye

Anadiplosis

try