This is an analysis of the poem The Big Deeds that begins with:

We are done with little thinking and we're done with little deeds,
We are done with petty conduct and we're done with narrow creeds;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccccddddeeaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 111010101110101 111010101110101 111011101110101 101110100010101 001111100111111 001111100011111 110110100010111 110110100011100 111110100010001 111010101111001 101011101010101 101010101010101 001111101110111 111110100011101 111110101110101 11111101010101 111110101110111 111011101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 220
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, with, we, done, to, in, must, big, way, be are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, in, there are repeated.

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  • summary of The Big Deeds;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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