This is an analysis of the poem Work that begins with:
WHEN I am busying about,
Sewing on buttons, tapes, and strings,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb adadefef ghghdfdf aeaeaiXi ededjdjd hkhkfcfc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111001 10110111 10011101 11000101 10110101 10010101 10010101 100010101 11010101 11010101 01011101 11010100 11001101 01011111 11111101 11000101 11010101 110111001 101101101 11111111 11011111 01000111 11011111 11101100 11111111 01011111 11010011 11011101 110011110 11111111 11010100 01010101 111101001 11011111 01011101 01110101 11111101 11111101 110011101 11110101 00111101 11011111 01011001001 11110101 010101101 11111101 11111100 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and, it, for, i, work are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
The author used the same word but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Work;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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