This is an analysis of the poem Do Your All that begins with:

'Do your bit!' How cheap and trite
Seems that phrase in such a fight!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
  • Closest metre:
  • Сlosest rhyme:
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  • Guessed form:
  • Metre:
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; 'do, ', your, by are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words do, don't are repeated.

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  • summary of Do Your All;
  • central theme;
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