This is an analysis of the poem There Will Always Be Something To Do that begins with:

There will always be something to do, my boy;
There will always be wrongs to right;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbaded afcfaaga ahehaigi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10110100111 10110101 10110110101 1110101 10110100111 10110101 11011101 0100101 10110100111 10110101 110110101 1110111 10110100111 10110101 10110110100 1111101 1011010111 1110101 1110101101 1101111 111111111 11111101 11100110111 01110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 319
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; there, always, be, to, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of There Will Always Be Something To Do;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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