This is an analysis of the poem The Undertaking that begins with:
I have done one braver thing
Than all the Worthies did,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaB XcXc Xded cXce fgfg fbfbXaBaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101 110100 110101101 100111 00110110 0101001 11111101 010111 10111100 100111 11010110 111101 111100001 1111010 11110111 111101 01111101 10010101 11111111 1010111 1001111 001111 10111001 101101 11110101 110100 10101001 100111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of The Undertaking;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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