This is an analysis of the poem The Reason For Work that begins with:

Some struggle hard for worldly fame,
Some toil to have an honored name,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbddecXe ffgaaggghcch iihjjhggahha
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011101 11011101 1111010 01111111 11010101 1001010 11011101 01011101 1100010 11001111 10110010 0101010 00010011 10110111 1001001 101111111 101010111 010101 11110100 10011101 110001 101101101 11011101 010001 11110101 01010101 010101 01011101 101001101 111101 01011111 11010101 1101010 01110111 11011101 0101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 389
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; some, this, to, enough are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Reason For Work;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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