This is an analysis of the poem Everybody Is Doing It that begins with:

In Hawaii they Hula
They Tango in Argentina...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcXc aaaaddeX XaXaXaXa bbXXfefX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011110 11001010 1110010 11101010 01011010 110011 101010 1101011 0001110 111100100 1001010 1101010 1010101 1010011 001001 11001000 010110 110010 1101110 110100100 110010 001110 10111010 001010100 10101010 01001010 10101000 1011001 11010100 100101 11101010 1111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.

    The author used the same word in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Everybody Is Doing It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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