This is an analysis of the poem Applauded For The Doing that begins with:

When companies were moving,
Their production and interests overseas......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXc bXX deXae cdebceeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,5,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100010 10101100101 011010 100101010 1011100 110110110101 10101101 01101 11001001 011011010101 101001000111 01101010001111 001011010010 1101011101 110111101111 1011101000 110110101 100101001000100 1010 1111101 0101010100001 101010100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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