This is an analysis of the poem Anything Done You Do that begins with:

Whatever you do and the reason being
Don't excuse it for some other thing changed you'll do....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDB ABCDB EBEBFBGB CDBB ABCDBB EBEBFBGB HBHBHBHB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,8,4,6,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101010 101011101111 1111 111 111 11011101010 101011101111 1111 111 111 111111100 101111 11101101111 101111 1111101110100 101111 11100111101 101111 1111 111 111 101111 11011101010 101011101111 1111 111 111 101111 111111100 101111 11101101111 101111 1111101110100 101111 11100111101 101111 110 101111 110 101111 110 101111 110 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same words you, do at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Anything Done You Do;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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