This is an analysis of the poem Committee Meetings that begins with:

For this and that and various things
It seems that men must get together,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcD eaeXfdfD gfgfadad hdhdcdcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 101111001 011111010 01011101 100101010 01011101 1101011110 10010111 010101010 011100101 011111010 111111011 101011010 11110011 111101010 11011101 010101010 11011111 01011010 111000001 010101010 11110111 010101010 01110101 110101010 11010111 111111010 101100111 010111010 11011101 111111010 10110101 110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word meeting at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Committee Meetings;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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