This is an analysis of the poem It Couldn'T Be Done that begins with:
Somebody said that it couldn't be done
But he with a chuckle replied...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacDC cXccaXDC aXaXacdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101101001 11001001 110111101 11011111 111010001001 1010110110 11001111001 110011100 1101111011 1111101101 111101111101 1011111100 001001101001 011010110 11001111001 110011100 111001101001 1110010010 111001101111 010110011 11100001001 111111100 11001111001 1100101110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 356
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, to, there, thousands, you, just are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words there, just are repeated.
The author used the same word somebody at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word it at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of It Couldn'T Be Done;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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